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Tokio, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Mine Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71852. The Survey maps it on the Nathan quadrangle.

Tokio within Hempstead 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

44 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Tokio between 1999 and 2020, burning about 792 acres in total. 9 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
Debris and open burning11
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
3 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Smoking20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2011Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2011Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 1999Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hempstead County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Tokio: 12 unknowns, 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Diamond. 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
American MinesDiamondUnknown
Arkansas Gypsum CompanyGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
BingenSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crater of Diamonds -SouthDiamondProspect
F S Neely Co MineGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Highland MineGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Kimberlite MineDiamondUnknown
Mauney MineDiamondUnknown
Murfreesboro Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ozark MineDiamondUnknown

Every working recorded in Hempstead County

Storms near this place

4 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tokio in 4 storm reports between 1993 and 2018: 2 hail, 1 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
May 2012Thunderstorm WindTokio$3,000Many loose items were destroyed. A trampoline flew 1500 feet. A shed was heavily damaged.
February 2018Flash FloodTokio-High water over several roads throughout Hempstead County.
April 2012HailTokio-Hail fell 6 miles northeast of Nashville, Arkansas.
March 1993HailTokio-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hempstead 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
North Bingen2.2 miles14
Bingen2.6 miles14
Doyle3.5 miles14
Belton (historical)4.7 miles14
Compton (historical)6.0 miles14
Bellair7.2 miles14
Westbrook (historical)7.3 miles14
Clow7.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78562. 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.