Arkins, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in White River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72556. It lies near Gann Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Sylamore quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Arkins within Izard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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 Mountain View quadrangle1:125000
1894 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Sylamore quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
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

117 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Arkins (historical) between 1993 and 2019, burning about 2,352 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 46 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/incendiarism	46
Debris and open burning	33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	17
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Power generation/transmission/distribution	6
Recreation and ceremony	3
Natural	3
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 2003	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	GREEN
3 September 2004	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	ROSA
19 September 2004	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 2000	Smoking	under an acre	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	BEAR
12 September 2000	Natural	9.0 acres	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	CHRIS
7 August 2012	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Izard County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Arkins (historical): 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Allison Mine & Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Allison Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Izard 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
Mount Olive	1.2 miles	19
Brandenburg	2.4 miles	16
Sylamore	3.3 miles	16
Twin Creek	3.7 miles	16
Ruddells (historical)	3.9 miles	16
Boswell	4.1 miles	19
Vest (historical)	4.6 miles	19
Lone Star	5.1 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65851. 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.