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Atwood, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Madison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71833. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dierks quadrangle.

Atwood within Howard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

94 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Atwood between 1997 and 2020, burning about 654 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 31 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Arson/incendiarism31
Debris and open burning11
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Atwood: 8 occurrences, 7 unknowns, 5 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Strontium, Barium-Barite, Lead. 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
Buzbee ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Cherry DepositBarium-BariteOccurrence
Section 16 Barite DepositBarium-BaritePast Producer
UnkBarium-BariteProspect
UnkBarium-BariteProspect
Beane ProspectStrontiumOccurrence
Dierks ProspectStrontiumOccurrence
James ProspectStrontiumOccurrence
Richards ProspectStrontiumOccurrence
UnknownStrontiumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Howard 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
Martha (historical)3.1 miles14
Bethany3.1 miles14
Oak Hill (historical)3.3 miles14
Dierks3.3 miles14
Old Euclid (historical)4.2 miles14
Hattie (historical)5.1 miles12
Mount Carmel5.3 miles14
Sunshine (historical)5.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57289. 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.