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Battlefield, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Springhill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71801. It stands on Goss Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spring Hill quadrangle.

Battlefield within Hempstead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

77 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Battlefield between 1997 and 2019, burning about 802 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 33 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/incendiarism33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning8
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Smoking2

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
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hempstead County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Battlefield: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
No NameClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hempstead 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
Spring Hill2.2 miles14
Sheppard2.9 miles15
Wafers Crossing3.0 miles15
Guernsey3.5 miles15
Evening Shade4.2 miles15
Sprudel4.4 miles17
Coler5.4 miles15
Powers5.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57341. 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.