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Abner, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Antoine Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71958. It stands on Skelton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Narrows Dam quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Abner within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

48 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Abner (historical) between 1999 and 2020, burning about 476 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 7 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
Equipment and vehicle use14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism7
Natural6
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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 2000Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1999Natural20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 1999Debris and open burning20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2002Natural5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Abner (historical): 19 past producers, 10 occurrences, 7 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Antimony, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite. 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
Gap Ridge MineMercury, Arsenic, Antimony, Silver, ZincPast Producer1931
Parker Hill MineAntimony, MercuryPast Producer1931
Bear Creek ProspectBarium-BariteUnknown
Pigeon Roost Mountain DepositBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Craig MineMercury, AntimonyPast ProducerCalomel, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Stibiconite, Stibnite
East Gap Ridge MineMercury, AntimonyPast Producer1931
Hales MineMercury, AntimonyPast Producer1940

Every working recorded in Pike 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
Crawford (historical)3.2 miles11
Helbig (historical)3.5 miles14
Daisy4.1 miles14
Lissie (historical)4.8 miles12
Stanley (historical)5.1 miles14
Mount Moriah5.2 miles13
Cooper (historical)5.8 miles17
Rabell (historical)5.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64593. 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.