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Blue Springs, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Hale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71949. It stands on Still Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jessieville quadrangle.

Blue Springs within Garland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

210 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 210 fires within 5 miles of Blue Springs between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,257 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 82 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/incendiarism82
Debris and open burning43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Equipment and vehicle use20
Natural10
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor5

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
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresOuachita National ForestPLUG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Blue Springs: 10 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Quartz, Calcium. 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
No NameCalciumPast Producer
Terry QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Blocker Lead QuartzQuartzProducer1940
John Mcearl TractQuartzProducer1940
Quartz Processing Corp. QuarryQuartzProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Colemans MillSilicaProducer
Dierks Quartz Area No.4SilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Garland 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
Blakely1.6 miles13
Jessieville2.0 miles13
Mountain Valley3.2 miles13
Lena (historical)3.3 miles13
Hamilton3.8 miles13
Hot Springs Village4.0 miles14
Beaudry (historical)5.1 miles14
Ozark Lithia6.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 70737. 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.