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Abco, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Fenter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72104. It stands on Town Creek. The Survey maps it on the Malvern South quadrangle.

Abco within Hot Spring County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 12 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

302 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 302 fires within 5 miles of Abco between 1997 and 2020, burning about 830 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 61 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 burning134
Missing data/not specified/undetermined64
Arson/incendiarism61
Equipment and vehicle use16
Smoking12
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
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
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hot Spring County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Abco: 11 producers, 6 unknowns, 3 past producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Cove CreekBarium-BaritePast Producer
Malvern Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkStoneUnknown
Malvern Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Malvern MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ouachita Gravel WasherSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ouchita Plant No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Steve Hedges PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tidwell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Hot Spring County

Storms near this place

1 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Abco in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 flash 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
November 2015Flash FloodAbco-A swift water rescue saved a man from the Ouachita River near Grigsby Ford Rd. Several roads were flooded throughout the county.

Every storm recorded in Hot Spring 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
Walco (historical)1.0 miles12
Malvern1.3 miles12
Harp2.6 miles12
Rockport2.7 miles13
Perla3.2 miles12
Central3.9 miles12
Oak Grove4.0 miles11
Social Hill4.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 66068. 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.