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Onyx, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Crawford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72857. It stands on Haw Creek. The Survey maps it on the Onyx quadrangle. It stands 735 feet above sea level.

Onyx within Yell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

57 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Onyx between 1992 and 2020, burning about 565 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 20 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Arson/incendiarism20
Natural17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1999Natural12 acresOuachita National ForestALLEN FOOT #1
8 September 2012Natural23 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1992Naturalunder an acreOuachita National Forestnot named
28 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOuachita National ForestPEAK
25 September 2003Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresOuachita National ForestPOWER LINE FIRE
22 September 2004Arson/incendiarism17 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Natural2.0 acresOuachita National ForestCHULA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yell County

Storms near this place

4 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Onyx in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2022Thunderstorm WindOnyx-Sheriff's department observed trees down across Highway 27 in Onyx. This was relayed by the Mt. Ida fire chief/COOP observer. The time is based on radar.
September 2020Flash FloodOnyx-Roads were flooded near Onyx.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindOnyx-Thunderstorm winds downed some trees along Highway 314.
April 2011HailOnyx-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yell County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Steve4.7 miles12
Aly5.9 miles13
Rover6.6 miles13
Stillwater6.8 miles13
Wing7.1 miles13
Briggsville7.3 miles13
Pleasant Hill7.4 miles16
Wards Crossing7.7 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on OnyxAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7095180The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 72954. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.