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Beechwood, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ponca Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72670. It stands on Clark Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ponca quadrangle.

Beechwood within Newton County

On record in Beechwood

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

68 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Beechwood between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,431 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 20 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/incendiarism20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Debris and open burning12
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
20 September 2000Arson/incendiarism36 acresBuffalo National RiverHIPPIE
20 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBuffalo National RiverRUNNING CREEK
6 August 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2012Natural2.3 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsGRASSY POINT
12 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined55 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 2012Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 2012Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Beechwood: 15 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Lead, Zinc. 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
Ben Heuer PropertyKaolinPast Producer
Davidson ProspectIron, ManganeseProspect
UnkStonePast Producer
BennettZinc, LeadPast Producer
BrewerZinc, LeadPast Producer
Canton MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Chimney Rock MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Cross ProspectManganesePast Producer
KilgoreLead, ZincPast Producer
MmcelhaneySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Newton 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
Ponca1.1 miles14
Stoverville2.2 miles15
Boxley2.8 miles10
Shiloh4.0 miles9
George5.2 miles15
Plumlee (historical)5.6 miles14
Mount Sherman6.2 miles14
Murray6.2 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76285. 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.