Venquin, Arkansas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1992. It stands in North Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72740. It stands on Mitchell Branch. The Survey maps it on the Witter quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Venquin within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 8 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.

1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Witter quadrangle1:24000
1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

11 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Venquin (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,314 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined	5
Arson/incendiarism	2
Debris and open burning	2
Equipment and vehicle use	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
7 May 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
16 April 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
14 April 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	843 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 March 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	320 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
24 March 1997	Debris and open burning	27 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
21 March 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	40 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
19 March 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	40 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
1 March 1999	Debris and open burning	30 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison 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 Venquin (historical): 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
	E Holland	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Japton	3.2 miles	15
Witter	3.4 miles	8
Aurora	3.9 miles	8
Georgetown	5.5 miles	15
Jordan (historical)	5.5 miles	8
Asher	5.6 miles	15
Roxton	6.5 miles	12
Drakes Creek	7.7 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 66416. 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.