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Wing, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Compton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72860. It stands on Stowe Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rover quadrangle.

Wing within Yell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

43 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Wing between 1994 and 2020, burning about 572 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 11 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/incendiarism11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural8
Debris and open burning8
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1999Natural12 acresOuachita National ForestALLEN FOOT #1
8 September 2012Natural23 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOuachita National ForestDANVILLE MTN
29 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2004Arson/incendiarism17 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism40 acresOuachita National ForestWAYCO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yell County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wing: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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
Hunt Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Yell County

Storms near this place

7 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wing in 7 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWing$20,000A tree fell on a vehicle. No one was injured.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindWing$15,000A tree was reported down on a house in Rover.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWing-A few trees were blown over in the community of Rover.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindWing-Reports of trees and power lines down along State Highway 27 and River Road were received.
September 2020Flash FloodWing-The Yell County sheriff's office reported flash flooding on Hwy. 27 in Rover near Turnabout Rd.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindWing-Numerous large trees were uprooted and fell on homes in Rover...Plainview...Danville...|and Dardanelle.
February 2012HailWing-no account filed

Every storm 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
Briggsville1.8 miles13
Rover3.1 miles13
Macedonia4.2 miles17
Fourche Valley4.2 miles16
Shark4.4 miles16
Dentontown (historical)4.9 miles18
Pleasant Hill5.5 miles16
Gilkey (historical)6.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78784. 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.