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Quinn, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Norphlet Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71730. The Survey maps it on the Calion quadrangle.

Quinn within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

130 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Quinn between 1997 and 2019, burning about 988 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 17 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined51
Debris and open burning29
Arson/incendiarism17
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural9
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor4

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 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Quinn: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Bromine, Brick 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
El Dorado Brick Works Pit and PlantBrick ClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkBrominePast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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
Herma1.5 miles15
Nugulf2.4 miles19
Norphlet3.5 miles17
Ritchie3.9 miles15
Smithville4.4 miles18
Perdue City4.9 miles18
Calion5.2 miles15
Old Union5.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58452. 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.