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Berry, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 11. It lies in ZIP code area 72519. It lies near Schinette Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Norfork Dam South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Berry within Baxter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

106 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Berry (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,477 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 34 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/incendiarism34
Debris and open burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural3
Smoking2
Other causes1

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
4 September 2000Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2011Smoking6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2011Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2020Debris and open burning9.8 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsPRETTY HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baxter County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Berry (historical): 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Iron Oxide Pigments, 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
L. R. Cox MineIron Oxide PigmentsUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Baxter 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
Old Joe0.6 miles19
McPhearson2.5 miles17
Hopewell2.6 miles19
Chastain (historical)3.1 miles17
Herron3.2 miles17
Culp4.0 miles19
Norfork4.3 miles17
Jordan4.9 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69342. 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.