Ball, Arkansas

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.

• 1906 USGS Caddo Gap quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
• 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
• 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
• 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
• 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
• 1970 USGS Murfreesboro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
• 1972 USGS Murfreesboro quadrangle1:62500
• 1980 USGS Murfreesboro quadrangle1:24000
• 1986 USGS Arkadelphia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Ball (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 870 acres in total. 7 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Cooleyville
• Maxwell (historical)
• Roy
• Kimberley
• Highland
• Murfreesboro

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Ball (historical): 15 unknowns, 4 producers, 2 past producers, 2 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diamond, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Mercury. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Pike County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64599. 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.