Tuni, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Franks Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72335. It stands on Tuni Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dansby quadrangle.

Tuni within St. Francis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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.

1939 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1959 USGS Dansby quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1963 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:62500
1984 USGS Helena quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Helena quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

26 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Tuni between 1997 and 2017, burning about 687 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 burning	10
Arson/incendiarism	9
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
16 June 1998	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
16 June 1998	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
29 April 2001	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
26 April 2001	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
12 April 2003	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
11 April 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	18 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 March 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
28 March 2002	Arson/incendiarism	14 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Francis County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tuni: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in St. Francis 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Tuttleton	1.1 miles	20
Wyles (historical)	1.3 miles	20
Riverside	3.1 miles	20
Heustess	3.4 miles	16
Bonair	4.4 miles	16
Rollinson (historical)	4.4 miles	20
Lakeside	5.0 miles	18
Ebling	5.1 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 82954. 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.