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Pickering, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1989. It stands in El Dorado Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71730. The Survey maps it on the El Dorado West quadrangle.

Pickering within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

111 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Pickering between 1999 and 2020, burning about 761 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 18 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
Debris and open burning40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Arson/incendiarism18
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2015Debris and open burning30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2015Debris and open burning25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pickering: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Bromine, Sulfur. 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
El Dorado Sulphur PlantSulfurProducer
Great Lakes Bromine Plant & MineBromineProducer
Michigan Bromine Plant & MineBromineProducer
UnkBrominePast Producer

Every working recorded in Union County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pickering in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2016: 1 hail, 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
May 2016Thunderstorm WindPickering-A tree fell across a vehicle at Parks Drive and Hinson Road. A tree was also downed on a home in the Parkers Chapel community.
April 2009HailPickering-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Union 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
Foster Hill1.2 miles18
Lamberton2.4 miles18
Parkers Chapel2.6 miles19
Newell2.8 miles19
Wesson3.1 miles13
Smith3.2 miles19
Catesville3.3 miles18
Griffin3.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 59798. 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.