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Walnut Grove, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72842. It stands on Jack Creek. The Survey maps it on the Havana quadrangle.

Walnut Grove within Yell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

49 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Walnut Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,545 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 21 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/incendiarism21
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
4 September 2001Natural12 acresOuachita National ForestPOTATO KNOB
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism10 acresOuachita National ForestKIRKWOOD
30 September 2001Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2005Recreation and ceremony26 acresOuachita National ForestSOUTH BLUE HOLE
11 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National Forestsnot named
1 September 1998Smoking1.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsMINEHART #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yell 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
Waveland3.2 miles20
Marvinville3.4 miles18
Havana4.1 miles18
Southern Home (historical)4.7 miles20
Quarry Heights5.6 miles20
Riley Creek (historical)6.1 miles17
Chalybeate Springs6.8 miles16
Waltreak6.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78679. 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.