Baucum, Arkansas
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72117. It lies near Jones Island. The Survey maps it on the Sweet Home quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 23 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1891 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Camp Pike quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1935 USGS Sweet Home quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Sweet Home quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Sweet Home quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Sweet Home quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Sweet Home quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Sweet Home quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Sweet Home quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Baucum between 2001 and 2014, burning about 16 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 June 2001 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 March 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 January 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | PUL3131498 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Baucum: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruton Deposit | Aluminum | Unknown | ||
| Bruton Extension | Aluminum | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baucum in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charity (historical) | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Willowdale (historical) | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Galloway | 3.5 miles | 21 | |
| Lansbrook | 4.4 miles | 21 | |
| Protho Junction | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| Rose City | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| College Station | 5.0 miles | 23 | |
| Picron | 5.1 miles | 23 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122596930 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 46159. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.














