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Vendor, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1992. It stands in White Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72683. It stands on Dry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Mount Judea quadrangle. It stands 774 feet above sea level.

Vendor within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 14 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

82 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Vendor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,519 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined34
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism18
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2003Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 July 2012Natural2.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsRICKETTS
22 June 2013Fireworksunder an acreBuffalo National RiverCARVER GUARDRAIL
21 June 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Vendor: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead. 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
BierbaumLeadPast Producer
Z HudsonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Newton County

Storms near this place

9 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vendor in 9 storm reports between 1993 and 2017: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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
June 1994Thunderstorm WindVendor$50,000Thunderstorm winds destroyed two barns.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindVendor$25,000Barns were damaged.
January 2012Flash FloodVendor$20,000Flash flooding occurred in the area around Vendor. A swift-water rescue occurred on Handmaiden Rd. when a vehicle was swept off into a creek. The motorist and her 2 year-old child were rescued without incident. A farm tractor pulled the vehicle out of the creek.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindVendor$5,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindVendor-Emergency Manager reported trees down.
October 2016HailVendor-no account filed
October 2016HailVendor-no account filed
June 2012Thunderstorm WindVendor-no account filed
May 2011HailVendor-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Newton 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
Piercetown1.4 miles14
Mount Judea2.0 miles14
Carver3.3 miles14
Red Rock3.8 miles13
Gum Springs4.7 miles13
Flat4.9 miles20
Hasty4.9 miles13
Flatwoods5.1 miles13

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 VendorAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7919634The 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 73960. 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.