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Shannon, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Demun Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72455. The Survey maps it on the Manson quadrangle.

Shannon within Randolph County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

19 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Shannon between 1997 and 2015, burning about 294 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning14
Arson/incendiarism2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
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
17 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 April 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 April 2003Debris and open burning50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 April 1998Debris and open burning18 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 March 2010Debris and open burning29 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 March 2011Debris and open burning55 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randolph 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 Shannon: 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Iron. 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
UnkStoneUnknown
Unknown IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Randolph County

Storms near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shannon in 1 storm report in 2018: 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
February 2018Thunderstorm WindShannon$50,000One grain bin toppled and nine utility poles broken.

Every storm recorded in Randolph 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
Manson1.0 miles12
Hoover Landing2.2 miles12
Elnora2.5 miles12
East Pocahontas2.9 miles12
Skaggs3.4 miles12
Pocahontas3.7 miles12
Lesterville4.0 miles12
Fender4.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58600. 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.