BlockBlue Springs Village, Arkansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Brush Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72764. It stands on Friendship Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sonora quadrangle. It stands 1,168 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1899 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1904 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
29 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Blue Springs Village between 1998 and 2020, burning about 220 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Blue Springs Village: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilgrims Rest | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Rochelle Riviera | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Sonora | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| War Eagle Cove | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Beav-O-Rama | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Spring Valley | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Habberton | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Mayfield | 4.7 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Blue Springs Village | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4929905 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65293. 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.