BlockAppleby, Arkansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Farmington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72730. It lies near Miller Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Fayetteville quadrangle. It stands 1,220 feet above sea level.
On record in Appleby
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Mack Morton Barnlisted 2005
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1899 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1904 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
31 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Appleby between 1997 and 2018, burning about 167 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2006 | Smoking | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 May 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Appleby: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. 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.
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starks | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| Farmington | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Walnut Grove | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Fayette Junction | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| White Rock | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Greenland | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| McNair | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Jabur (historical) | 4.3 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Appleby | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4781299 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 56906. 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.