Bashe, Arkansas

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1987. It lies in ZIP code area 74902. The Survey maps it on the South Fort Smith quadrangle.

Bashe within Sebastian County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 25 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.

1879 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:62500
1887 USGS Van Buren quadrangle1:62500
1890 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
1943 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:125000
1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
1947 USGS Van Buren quadrangle1:62500
1948 USGS South Fort Smith quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1951 USGS South Fort Smith quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1987 USGS South Fort Smith quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

14 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Bashe between 1993 and 2017, burning about 104 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined	7
Debris and open burning	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Arson/incendiarism	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
15 September 2011	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 2012	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 July 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 July 2012	Arson/incendiarism	12 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
20 July 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	14 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 June 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	32 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
12 April 1998	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 Sebastian County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bashe: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aggregate, Light Weight. 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
Rescolite Company	Aggregate, Light Weight	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Fort Smith Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Sebastian 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
Cavanaugh	0.5 miles	25
Mill Creek	1.9 miles	25
South Fort Smith	2.2 miles	25
Buell	2.9 miles	25
Saw Mill	3.1 miles	25
Enterprise	3.3 miles	25
Crescent	4.3 miles	25
White Bluff	4.3 miles	25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57336. 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.