Archey, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72031. It lies near Walnut Knob. The Survey maps it on the Botkinburg quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Archey within Van Buren County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

1892 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
1894 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
1901 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Botkinburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1976 USGS Botkinburg quadrangle1:24000
1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

79 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Archey (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 936 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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	30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	26
Arson/incendiarism	14
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Recreation and ceremony	1
Natural	1

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
19 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	20 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 August 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
23 August 2012	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
20 August 2012	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
18 August 2010	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
16 August 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
13 August 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Van Buren County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Archey (historical): 1 past producer. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Van Buren 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Old Botkinburg	2.8 miles	16
Crabtree	3.2 miles	15
Botkinburg	3.5 miles	16
Buzzard Roost (historical)	5.0 miles	15
Clinton	5.2 miles	15
Shake Rag (historical)	5.6 miles	15
Copeland	6.1 miles	15
Walnut Grove	6.1 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 68641. 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.