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Yancy, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1989. It lies in ZIP code area 71855. The Survey maps it on the Columbus quadrangle.

Yancy within Hempstead 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

32 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Yancy between 1997 and 2018, burning about 313 acres in total. 6 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
Debris and open burning9
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
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 1999Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burning12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2011Natural15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1999Arson/incendiarism40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2005Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hempstead 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 Yancy: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension. 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
Saratoga Chalk Mine & MillLimestone, DimensionProducer

Every working recorded in Hempstead County

Storms near this place

4 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yancy in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 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
April 2026Thunderstorm WindYancy-Multiple trees downed near South Fork Lake on the Rick Evans Grandview Prairie Wildlife Management Area.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindYancy-Tree downed on Highway 332 south of Highway 278.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindYancy-Trees reported down on Highway 278 near the Yancy community.
April 2011HailYancy-Hail fell at the intersection of Hey. 332 and Hwy. 278.

Every storm recorded in Hempstead 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
Columbus4.0 miles14
Clow4.3 miles14
Academy (historical)4.7 miles13
Ozan4.9 miles13
Bellair4.9 miles14
Compton (historical)6.4 miles14
Washington7.9 miles13
Crossroads8.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58923. 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.