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Arkansas, Kentucky

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Martin-Allen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41649. It stands on Arkansas Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harold quadrangle.

Arkansas within Floyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

259 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 259 fires within 5 miles of Arkansas between 1997 and 2020, burning about 7,832 acres in total. None started naturally. 69 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 burning95
Arson/incendiarism69
Missing data/not specified/undetermined57
Recreation and ceremony34
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySHOP BRANCH
9 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBANNER
9 September 2002Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryIVY CREEK
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 2007Debris and open burning23 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 2007Debris and open burning50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 2019Arson/incendiarism20 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPRATER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd 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 Arkansas: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Allen PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
F-1 MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Floyd County

Storms near this place

5 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arkansas in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 3 flash flood, 2 flood. 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 2014Flash FloodArkansas$5,000Flash flooding occurred along Arkansas Creek, Click Branch, Mare Creek, Prater Creek and Corn Fork. Prater Creek flooded nearby buildings and residences.
April 2015FloodArkansas$1,000Water of unknown depth was observed flowing across roadways in the Arkansas Creek area.
January 2022Flash FloodArkansas-Reports that water rescues were being performed in the community of Arkansas in central Floyd County.
February 2014Flash FloodArkansas-Water was flowing across Arkansas Creek Rd. The road was blocked as a result.
July 2000FloodArkansas-Heavy rains caused shallow water over KY 122.

Every storm recorded in Floyd 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
Colliver0.9 miles16
Martin1.3 miles17
Allen City1.9 miles16
Banner2.0 miles16
Hite2.1 miles17
Beaver Junction2.1 miles16
Alphoretta2.2 miles17
New Allen2.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507412. 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.