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Young, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71858. The Survey maps it on the Waterloo quadrangle.

Young within Nevada County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

81 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Young between 1997 and 2019, burning about 2,774 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 31 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/incendiarism31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking1
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
6 September 2006Arson/incendiarism90 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined56 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2011Natural10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Young: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Nevada County

Storms near this place

4 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Young in 4 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 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
November 1994Thunderstorm WindYoung$5,000Several trees were blown down.
November 1994Thunderstorm WindYoung$5,000Some trees were blown down and a chicken house was damaged.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindYoung-Trees were blown down along Highway 278 in Eastern Nevada County.
November 1994HailYoung-Several trees were blown down.

Every storm recorded in Nevada 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
Nevark1.5 miles16
Ames1.9 miles16
Caney (historical)2.2 miles16
Mendenhall3.2 miles16
Oak Grove3.6 miles16
Waterloo4.1 miles16
Cale4.8 miles16
Woodlawn (historical)5.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58928. 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.