Yadkin, Arkansas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Janes Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72459. It stands on Brushy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ravenden Springs quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Yadkin within Randolph County

On record in Yadkin

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Yadkin Churchlisted 2019 · 0.3 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS Ravenden Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1983 USGS Cherokee Village quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

122 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Yadkin (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,769 acres in total. None started naturally. 26 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 burning	60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	30
Arson/incendiarism	26
Smoking	3
Equipment and vehicle use	3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
6 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	41 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	6.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 August 2012	Debris and open burning	35 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	12 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randolph County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Yadkin (historical): 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unk	Stone	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Randolph 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Ravenden Springs	4.2 miles	8
Oconee (historical)	5.2 miles	8
Dalton	6.3 miles	8
Kingsville (historical)	6.4 miles	8
Elevenpoint	6.6 miles	8
Watervalley (historical)	7.5 miles	8
Baker Den (historical)	7.9 miles	8
Elm Store	7.9 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 60431. 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.