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Wilkins, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Clark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72863. It stands on East Fork Cane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Scranton quadrangle.

Wilkins within Logan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

39 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Wilkins between 1997 and 2017, burning about 774 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsBIG CARTER
4 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined500 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsRED BENCH
13 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use11 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Logan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Wilkins: 10 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. 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
Texas LedgestoneStone, DimensionPast Producer
B & G Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gilbert Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shoal Creek Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Var ContrSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arkansas Rainbow Stone Quarry &MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
MagazineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
PattersonStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
River Mountain Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
S & W Rk QyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Logan County

Storms near this place

7 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilkins in 7 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2008Flash FloodWilkins$15,000Flooding occurred on the streets of Paris and Subiaco. Cherry Street at the intersection of Maple and a one block section of South Fifth Street between Maple and Wahl Street were closed due to flooding. In Subiaco, North Leo Street was closed. Cove Lake flooded the Cove Lake Campground.
September 2025Flash FloodWilkins-Multiple roads were impassable due to high water near the community of Wilkins.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindWilkins-A gust of 60 mph was estimated from a thunderstorm.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindWilkins-Trees and power lines were reported down across Cottonwood Road.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindWilkins-Trees and power lines were reported down and blocking Highway 288 and Highway 197.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindWilkins-Trees were blown down.
April 2007HailWilkins-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Logan 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
Pleasant Hill0.5 miles20
Plainview1.7 miles20
Spielerville (historical)2.1 miles20
Subiaco2.8 miles20
Union2.9 miles20
Cotton Town3.0 miles20
Sand Ridge3.2 miles20
Ellsworth (historical)4.0 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 79282. 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.