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Vaden, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Caddo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71923. It stands on Easley Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tates Bluff quadrangle.

Vaden within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

74 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Vaden between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,385 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 29 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
Arson/incendiarism29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Debris and open burning9
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use5
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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined282 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionSPARKMAN
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Vaden: 4 unknowns. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

1 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vaden in 1 storm report in 2008: 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
September 2008Flash FloodVaden$330,000Arkansas Highways 7, 8 and 51 were closed due to flooding. Arkansas Highway 51 at section 2A was closed due to high water.

Every storm recorded in Clark 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
Trace2.5 miles15
Hebron (historical)2.8 miles15
Kansas2.9 miles15
Shakertown4.9 miles15
Red Springs7.1 miles17
Whelen Springs10.4 miles17
Barringer10.6 miles17
Smithton11.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57218. 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.