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Amber, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72150. It stands on Red Fork. The Survey maps it on the Redfield quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Amber within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

167 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Amber (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,120 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 72 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/incendiarism72
Debris and open burning50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural6
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2006Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2004Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2004Arson/incendiarism40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Amber (historical): 5 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Jefferson County Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
McKenzie PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Grant 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
Walnut Ridge1.7 miles12
Obin (historical)4.4 miles10
Clear Lake4.5 miles14
Junet4.6 miles9
Center Grove5.0 miles9
Ebb6.0 miles9
Prague6.6 miles9
Orion6.8 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 60619. 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.