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Zack, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Bear Creek No. 4 Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72650. It lies near Scott Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Marshall quadrangle.

Zack within Searcy County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

133 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Zack between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,775 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 57 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/incendiarism57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Debris and open burning27
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural1
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
7 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 June 2012Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 May 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBuffalo National RiverUNDERGROUND WF
28 May 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBuffalo National RiverDRIFTPILE1
28 May 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBuffalo National RiverDRIFTPILE2
26 May 2014Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresBuffalo National RiverSAND HOLE ROAD
19 May 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBuffalo National RiverPOTTER WF
9 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBuffalo National RiverBLAIR HOUSE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Searcy 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 Zack: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Buffalo River Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Searcy County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Searcy County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Searcy County

Storms near this place

1 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zack in 1 storm report in 2001: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2001Thunderstorm WindZack-Several trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Searcy 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
Baker Hollow2.9 miles17
Jameson (historical)3.0 miles17
Martin Box3.1 miles15
Gilbert3.3 miles17
Marshall3.9 miles17
Lebanon (historical)3.9 miles17
Morning Star4.0 miles15
Silver Hill4.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78829. 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.