Venice, Arkansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Marais Saline Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71635. It lies near Russell Island. The Survey maps it on the Felsenthal Dam quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1934 USGS Felsenthal quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1937 USGS Felsenthal quadrangle1:62500
- 1938 USGS Felsenthal quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Felsenthal quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Felsenthal Dam quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
89 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Venice between 2000 and 2019, burning about 705 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 28 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/incendiarism | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.4 acres | Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge | OLD NUMBER 75 FIRE |
| 3 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Louisiana Office of Forestry | not named |
| 3 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2004 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Venice in 1 storm report in 2009: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Venice | $80,000 | Heavy rain caused several roads to flood across western Ashley County along with several other roads across Crossett. Crops across this area were impacted as well with damage due to flooded fields and very wet soils. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| White | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Sulphur Springs | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Meridian | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| South Crossett | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Oakhurst Addition | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Cremer | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Forest Park Addition | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Crossett | 7.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58800. 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.
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.










