Begley, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Wileys Cove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72645. It lies near Barr Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Harriet quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Begley within Searcy County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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.

1892 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
1894 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
1901 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Harriet quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

38 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Begley (historical) between 1999 and 2020, burning about 1,154 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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	16
Arson/incendiarism	13
Debris and open burning	8
Smoking	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
7 September 1999	Smoking	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
10 June 2011	Debris and open burning	35 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 April 2002	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 April 2005	Debris and open burning	146 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
21 April 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	40 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
20 April 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
20 April 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Searcy County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Begley (historical): 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Clay. 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
	Unk	Stone	Past Producer
	Unk	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Searcy 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
Shilo (historical)	1.2 miles	15
Elberta	3.0 miles	15
Campbell	3.3 miles	15
Baker	3.9 miles	15
Wileys Cove	3.9 miles	15
Leslie	4.0 miles	15
Rock Springs	4.1 miles	15
Barren Hollow	4.3 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69954. 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.