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Wona, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Garland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71854. The Survey maps it on the Mandeville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Wona within Miller County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

233 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 233 fires within 5 miles of Wona (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,316 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 46 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 burning91
Missing data/not specified/undetermined62
Arson/incendiarism46
Natural9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
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 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2004Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2011Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism155 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miller County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Wona (historical): 20 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gemstone. 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
UnkGemstonePast Producer
GallagherClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
Hoot PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Miller 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
Mount Pleasant1.5 miles15
Gertrude1.6 miles15
Lakewood Estates2.3 miles15
Genoa2.7 miles15
Rondo3.8 miles15
Boyd3.8 miles16
Ferguson Crossroads4.0 miles16
Sylverino5.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 63130. 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.