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Pankov, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1990. It stands in District 2. It lies in ZIP code area 71836. The Survey maps it on the Arden quadrangle.

Pankov within Little River County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

61 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Pankov between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,067 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 21 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/incendiarism21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking3
Natural1

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 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1998Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burning86 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2002Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2012Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Little River County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Pankov: 24 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Arkansas Louisiana Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Foreman Limestone QuarryStone, ClayProducer
Foreman Quarry & PlantSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Arkansas Lousiana LimesLimestone, GeneralProducer
Rocky ComfortLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast Producer
J DreherSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Little River County

Storms near this place

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pankov in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
October 2019Thunderstorm WindPankov-Trees were downed along Highway 32 between Foreman and Ashdown.

Every storm recorded in Little River 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
Wallace1.9 miles11
Arden3.1 miles11
Foreman3.2 miles12
Rocky Comfort3.5 miles12
Wades Chapel4.5 miles11
Comet5.3 miles11
Alleene6.2 miles10
Leidygate (historical)6.2 miles10

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.

Wikidata item Q122595725The 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 57148. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.