BlockBig Springs, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 2. It lies in ZIP code area 72680. The Survey maps it on the Onia quadrangle.
On record in Big Springs
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 3 records
John Avey Barnlisted 1985
Orvall Gammill Barnlisted 1985- George Anderson Houselisted 1985
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1892 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Onia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 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
69 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Big Springs between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,250 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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 | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 134 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | VIXON |
| 2 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Big Springs: 5 producers, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Copper, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Tantalum, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newnata | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Timbo | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Onia | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Oga (historical) | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Fiftysix | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Mozart | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Alco | 5.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 74361. 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.