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Wilson, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 1. It lies in ZIP code area 72823. The Survey maps it on the Atkins quadrangle. It stands 308 feet above sea level.

Wilson within Pope County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

27 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Wilson between 1998 and 2020, burning about 241 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
19 September 2004Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2004Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2011Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Wilson: 7 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Titanium. 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
Black SandsTitaniumPast Producer
Shale PitClayUnknown
Shale PitClayUnknown
UnknownStoneUnknown
UnknownStoneUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Mobley Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Pope County

Storms near this place

1 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilson in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2022Thunderstorm WindWilson-Fallen trees were blocking all lanes on Highway 105 south of Atkins.

Every storm recorded in Pope 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
Gold Hill2.0 miles18
Atkins2.5 miles18
Galla Rock3.1 miles18
Happy Bend5.0 miles16
Worthen5.4 miles19
Mars Hill5.9 miles17
Economy6.5 miles17
Pottsville6.8 miles19

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 WilsonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8022939The 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 58898. 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.