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Piney, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Howell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72847. It stands on Big Piney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Delaware quadrangle.

Piney within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

56 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Piney between 1998 and 2020, burning about 347 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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 burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Piney: 33 unknowns, 9 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 Ledge Stone CoStone, DimensionPast Producer
Shale PitClayUnknown
UnkClayPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unk Gravel Quarries 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

4 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Piney in 4 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
June 2023Thunderstorm WindPiney-Multiple trees fell across Highway 64 and Highway 359.
April 2014HailPiney-Nickel size hail fell at Flat Rock.
November 1995Thunderstorm WindPiney-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
April 2005HailPiney-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
Knoxville3.3 miles19
Bend3.4 miles20
Hickeytown4.2 miles19
Garrett4.6 miles19
Knoxville Junction5.4 miles20
Lamar7.4 miles20
Holman9.7 miles19
Jamestown9.9 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 73102. 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.