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Smearny, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1989. It stands in District 7. It lies in ZIP code area 71647. The Survey maps it on the Sumpter quadrangle.

Smearny within Bradley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

52 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Smearny between 2001 and 2019, burning about 2,465 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined16
Natural10
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2015Natural5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2015Natural36 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,509 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionSINGLETON CREEK
12 September 2011Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2011Natural53 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2011Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bradley County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Smearny: 8 producers, 1 unknown. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Bradley 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
Johnsville1.7 miles19
Ferrell (historical)2.0 miles18
Longview2.7 miles9
Mount Olive3.1 miles18
Geopel (historical)3.8 miles18
Pattsville5.7 miles18
Mannstown5.8 miles18
Simpson6.3 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122563112The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78384. 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.