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Alvis, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72501. The Survey maps it on the Sandtown quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Alvis within Independence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

124 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Alvis (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,247 acres in total. None started naturally. 52 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/incendiarism52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Debris and open burning33
Equipment and vehicle use4
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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2010Debris and open burning30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2010Debris and open burning75 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 June 2012Equipment and vehicle use10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Independence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 75 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 75 workings within 5 miles of Alvis (historical): 56 past producers, 7 prospects, 6 occurrences, 4 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Limestone, Dimension, Iron, Calcium. 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
Blue Ridge MineManganese, IronPast Producer
Love Hollow Limestone Co.Limestone, DimensionProspect
Rangaire Lime PlantCalciumProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkLimestone, GeneralUnknown
Adler-Sothard MineManganesePast Producer1918
Anderson ProspectManganesePast Producer
Austin PropertyManganeseOccurrence
Barnett MineManganesePast Producer1917
Bell Hill ProspectManganeseProspect

Every working recorded in Independence 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
Sandtown5.0 miles18
Cushman5.0 miles18
Edmonson (historical)6.2 miles19
Phosphate (historical)7.5 miles18
Collietown7.7 miles18
Big Spring Mill7.7 miles20
Limedale Junction8.5 miles20
Blowing Cave (historical)8.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 67972. 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.