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Arcadia, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Wallaceburg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71857. The Survey maps it on the Prescott West quadrangle.

Arcadia within Hempstead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

96 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Arcadia between 1997 and 2020, burning about 848 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 29 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/incendiarism29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Debris and open burning20
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural11
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2011Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hempstead County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Arcadia: 4 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hempstead 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
Deanyville2.2 miles16
Garlandville2.3 miles16
Drab (historical)2.9 miles15
Dunlap3.9 miles15
Wallaceburg5.6 miles14
Blevins6.2 miles15
De Ann6.8 miles15
Kilgore (historical)7.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 56909. 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.