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Ranger, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72824. The Survey maps it on the Danville Mountain quadrangle.

Ranger within Yell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

57 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Ranger between 1994 and 2019, burning about 353 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 14 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 burning20
Arson/incendiarism14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Smoking1
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
8 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsSULPHER SPRINGS #1
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsLABOR LAKE
5 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2000Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use58 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yell County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ranger: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
UnkClayPast Producer
Unk Shale Pits 2ClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Yell County

Storms near this place

8 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ranger in 8 storm reports between 2005 and 2021: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
April 2020Thunderstorm WindRanger$50,000The Emergency Manager reported a roof was blown off of a poultry farm on Highway 154 north of Danville.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindRanger$10,000Widespread large trees down. There was damage to a house roof. Power outages were noted.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindRanger$5,000Trees were blown down on Arkansas 27.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindRanger$5,000Power lines were blown down.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindRanger-An estimated 60 mph wind gust was reported by the public.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindRanger-Power lines and multiple trees were down near Ranger.
December 2015Flash FloodRanger-Several roads were closed to do flooding.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindRanger-Several trees were downed onto Highway 27.

Every storm recorded in Yell 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
Lone Pine1.7 miles17
Millan (historical)3.2 miles17
Alpha3.3 miles17
Chickalah4.5 miles18
Mickles4.6 miles17
Sulphur Springs5.0 miles18
Stafford5.2 miles18
Danville5.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 73236. 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.