Bloomington, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Choctaw Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72031. It stands on Choctaw Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fairfield Bay quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bloomington within Van Buren County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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 Mountain View quadrangle1:125000
1894 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Fairfield Bay quadrangle1:24000, 3 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

67 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Bloomington (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 724 acres in total. 2 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
Debris and open burning	23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	19
Arson/incendiarism	17
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Natural	2
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
22 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 1998	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
26 August 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
14 August 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
12 August 1999	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 July 2012	Natural	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
16 July 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
15 July 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Van Buren 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 Bloomington (historical): 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unk	Clay	Past Producer
	Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Van Buren 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
Choctaw Pines	1.2 miles	16
Green Tree	1.4 miles	15
Palisades	1.4 miles	16
East Mountain (historical)	2.8 miles	12
Choctaw	4.1 miles	15
Morganton	4.2 miles	12
Sulphur Springs	4.4 miles	12
Eglantine	4.6 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 68647. 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.