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Tennessee, Arkansas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71655. It stands on Wood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Monticello North quadrangle. It stands 239 feet above sea level.

Tennessee within Drew County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

97 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Tennessee between 2001 and 2020, burning about 820 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined42
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism22
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionDRE8464285

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Drew County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Tennessee: 9 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Drew MillSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkClayPast Producer
Burton MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
C & W Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clyde Rogers Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cooper Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Drew County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Drew County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rc McKinsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Drew County

Storms near this place

1 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tennessee in 1 storm report in 2017: 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
August 2017Thunderstorm WindTennessee-Trees were blown down.

Every storm recorded in Drew 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
Allis3.0 miles9
Rose Hill3.0 miles9
Monticello3.1 miles9
Rough and Ready (historical)3.6 miles9
Bowser (historical)3.7 miles9
College Heights3.8 miles9
Barkada4.1 miles9
Wilmar4.4 miles9

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.

Wikipedia article on TennesseeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7700003The 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 79098. 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.