Blue Springs, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in District 9. It lies in ZIP code area 71631. It stands on Brown Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tinsman quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Blue Springs within Bradley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Tinsman quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000
1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

35 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Blue Springs (historical) between 2001 and 2019, burning about 178 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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	18
Debris and open burning	6
Railroad operations and maintenance	4
Arson/incendiarism	3
Natural	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2

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
29 September 2003	Arson/incendiarism	6.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2012	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
31 August 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
22 August 2012	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
22 August 2005	Natural	17 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
21 August 2009	Debris and open burning	17 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 July 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bradley County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Blue Springs (historical): 6 producers, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Bradley 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
Wagnon	2.4 miles	12
Glynn (historical)	2.4 miles	12
Banks	4.5 miles	12
Lacy (historical)	4.9 miles	13
Weeks	5.7 miles	13
Draper (historical)	6.2 miles	13
Cross Roads	6.8 miles	13
McKinney	6.8 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 60493. 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.