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Verona, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marion County Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72633. It lies near Anderson Flat. The Survey maps it on the Saint Joe quadrangle.

Verona within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 16 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

59 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Verona between 1997 and 2019, burning about 3,145 acres in total. None started naturally. 27 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/incendiarism27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Debris and open burning10
Smoking2

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
23 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 2004Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 2006Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 May 2014Debris and open burning25 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionSEA27311610
9 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionMAR23585812

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Verona: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Stone, Copper, Zinc. 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
CopperCopper, ZincProspect
Everton ProspectSilicaProspect
J W HudsonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
Fullbright ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Lockhart MineLead, ZincUnknown
San Juan ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Uncle Sam ProsplectLead, ZincOccurrence
Big HurricaneZincPast Producer
Davy CrockettZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Verona in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
February 2023Tornado (EF2)Verona2 hurt, $200,000Damage consisted of a couple of houses losing roofing material, barns/sheds damaged or destroyed, and numerous trees uprooted or snapped. The trees blocked half a dozen roads, including Highway 65 which was closed temporarily. The most substantial damage was a house moved from its foundation and then partially collapsing. We would like to thank Searcy and Marion County Emergency Management for assistance with the survey.

Every storm recorded in Marion 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
Bruno3.6 miles16
Eros5.3 miles16
Big Springs (historical)6.6 miles16
Freck6.7 miles17
Powell8.9 miles16
Ralph9.2 miles16
Comal9.3 miles16
Pyatt9.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58801. 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.