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Worden, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cypert Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72010. It stands on Grassy Slough. The Survey maps it on the Augusta SW quadrangle.

Worden within White County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

53 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Worden between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,257 acres in total. None started naturally. 23 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/incendiarism23
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2004Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2001Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2011Debris and open burning15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2006Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White 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 Worden: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. 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
UnkStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in White County

Storms near this place

4 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Worden in 4 storm reports between 1994 and 2018: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
February 2018Thunderstorm WindWorden$5,000A number of trees were snapped and blown down. Additionally, a carport and deck sustained damage.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindWorden$5,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees.
April 2009HailWorden-Penny size hail occurred in the Hurricane Lake Wildlife Management Area.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindWorden-no account filed

Every storm recorded in White 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
Rio Vista1.1 miles14
Liberty Valley2.6 miles10
Bald Knob4.2 miles10
Mitchell Corner4.3 miles15
Keeler Corner4.6 miles14
Russell4.8 miles10
Midway6.2 miles10
Twentythree6.7 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58917. 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.