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Unco, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Township 4. It lies in ZIP code area 71744. It stands on Blann Creek. The Survey maps it on the Artesian quadrangle.

Unco within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

109 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Unco between 2001 and 2019, burning about 608 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined32
Debris and open burning27
Arson/incendiarism16
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural12
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
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
8 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2006Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Unco: 14 unknowns, 6 producers, 2 past producers. 6 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
Calhoun Cnty PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cram No 2 PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cram PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hampton Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Harrell Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
J B Jones PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Loveless MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Quachita AggregateSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Unco in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2018: 2 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
July 2011Thunderstorm WindUnco$15,000The over-roof of a mobile home was blown off. Trees were blown down in the area.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindUnco$7,000Trees and power lines were blown down along Calhoun County Road 26.
June 2018Flash FloodUnco-Several county roads were underwater.

Every storm recorded in Calhoun 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
Harrell2.2 miles12
Summerville4.3 miles12
Hampton4.5 miles12
Cram5.0 miles12
Artesian6.2 miles17
Woodberry8.5 miles16
Tinsman10.7 miles12
Delhi (historical)11.0 miles16

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 Q122552556The 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 58782. 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.