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Provo, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Red Colony Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71846. The Survey maps it on the Dierks quadrangle.

Provo within Sevier County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

79 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Provo between 1999 and 2020, burning about 586 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 37 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/incendiarism37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Natural9
Debris and open burning8
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2000Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sevier County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Provo: 6 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite, Strontium, Stone. 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
Dequeen Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkStonePast Producer
Beane ProspectStrontiumOccurrence
Richards ProspectStrontiumOccurrence
Section 16 Barite DepositBarium-BaritePast Producer
UnkBarium-BariteProspect
UnkBarium-BariteProspect
UnknownStrontiumOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sevier County

Storms near this place

5 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Provo in 5 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
March 2023Thunderstorm WindProvo-A tree was downed in the westbound lane of Highway 70 north of Lockesburg.
March 2023HailProvo-Quarter size hail reported east of De Queen by a trained spotter via spotternetwork.org.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindProvo-Several trees were blown down in the Provo community.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindProvo-A downed tree was resported on Wayland Road in the community of Provo.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindProvo-Numerous trees and power lines down.

Every storm recorded in Sevier 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
Lebanon4.8 miles14
Lockesburg5.8 miles10
Red Wing7.2 miles14
Geneva7.2 miles14
Bellville7.7 miles10
Milford8.3 miles10
Red Hill (historical)8.3 miles14
Milrose9.1 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78110. 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.