In a statement released Saturday evening the Arkansas Department of Agriculture stated that forestry crews had responded to 42 wildfires statewide with the greatest concentration being in North Central and Northeast Arkansas.
A map provided by the agency showed a concentration of fires in Baxter, Marion, Fulton and Stone Counties south of the Highway 62/412 corridor. Some of the fires were reported to be wildfires and some being prescribed burns.
A prescribed burn was reported by KTLO News on Saturday morning by the U.S. Forest Service within the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest west of Calico Rock. That operation was planned to treat approximately 2,305 acres…