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Advance, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 11. It lies in ZIP code area 72658. It lies near Perry Knob. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo City quadrangle.

Advance within Baxter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Advance between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,578 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 53 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/incendiarism53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning12
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
3 August 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsFLOWER CREEK
19 July 1993Arson/incendiarism1.9 acresOzark-St. Francis National Forestsnot named
19 July 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National Forestsnot named
19 July 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National Forestsnot named
18 July 2001Natural11 acresBuffalo National RiverGRANITEMTN
6 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBuffalo National RiverLBRWA2-WF
6 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBuffalo National RiverLBRWA1-WF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baxter County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Advance: 8 unknowns, 3 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Lead, 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Annie May MineLead, ZincProspect
Chickasaw MineLead, ZincUnknown
Dry BoneLead, ZincUnknown
FoxdenLead, ZincUnknown
Groundhog MineLead, ZincUnknown
Michigan MineLead, ZincUnknown
UnknownLead, ZincUnknown
UnknownLead, ZincUnknown
Bonanza MineZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Baxter 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
Lone Rock2.7 miles17
Cartney2.7 miles18
Buffalo City3.3 miles18
Shipp4.1 miles17
Laytonville (historical)4.9 miles18
Herron5.2 miles17
Chastain (historical)5.5 miles17
Norfork Village6.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 70414. 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.