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Weddington, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Wedington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72704. It lies near Roundtop. The Survey maps it on the Rhea quadrangle.

Weddington within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

60 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Weddington between 1992 and 2017, burning about 871 acres in total. None started naturally. 32 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/incendiarism32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning8
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1998Fireworks1.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsSHOOTING RANGE
10 September 2011Smoking5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsTOWER RD. FIRE
30 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1999Smokingunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsWEDINGTON REC
5 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsWEDINGTON LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Weddington: 3 past producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Savoy4.7 miles18
Rhea5.2 miles17
Rickert (historical)5.4 miles18
Wedington Woods5.8 miles18
Cincinnati6.0 miles19
Jabur (historical)6.1 miles18
Blewford (historical)7.2 miles17
Viney Grove7.3 miles18

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 WeddingtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48861105The 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 78712. 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.