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Randall, Arkansas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Whiteville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71665. The Survey maps it on the Faith quadrangle.

Randall within Cleveland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

142 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Randall between 2001 and 2019, burning about 982 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 30 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 burning65
Arson/incendiarism30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural4
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
26 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cleveland County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Randall: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Titanium. 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 Bauxite DistrictAluminum, TitaniumProducerWEATHERING RESIDUAL
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cleveland County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Randall in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2011: 1 flash flood, 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 2009Flash FloodRandall$50,000Several unpaved roads were washed out across the county. Road washouts occurred north of Kingsland and in Rison.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindRandall$25,000Trees were blown down. One of the trees landed on a car.

Every storm recorded in Cleveland 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
Eunice2.9 miles16
Lehigh (historical)3.0 miles9
Friendship3.2 miles12
Dialton (historical)3.5 miles9
Mount Zion3.8 miles9
Oak Grove5.2 miles12
Kedron5.5 miles9
Cabool (historical)5.8 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58459. 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.