Yocana, Arkansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Mountain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71953. It stands on Loftis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Board Camp quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1890 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Board Camp quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Mena quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Mena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Yocana between 1995 and 2018, burning about 123 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2006 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Ouachita National Forest | RAWLS |
| 14 August 2000 | Natural | 16 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 August 2010 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 July 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 July 2009 | Natural | 17 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yocana in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yocana | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees and caused structural damage to several buildings. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Hill | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Grove | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Ink | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Board Camp | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Posey Hollow | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Opal | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Highland | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Nunley | 6.5 miles | 20 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122548270 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 63292. 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.
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.









