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Box Springs, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Magnolia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71753. The Survey maps it on the Waldo quadrangle.

Box Springs within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

81 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Box Springs between 1997 and 2020, burning about 792 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 18 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 burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Arson/incendiarism18
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2

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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2004Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2000Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2011Natural37 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined31 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Box Springs: 37 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bromine, Clay. 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
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
Dow Chem. Bromine PlantBromineProducer
UnkBrominePast Producer
UnkBrominePast Producer
UnkBrominePast Producer
UnkBrominePast Producer
UnkBrominePast Producer
UnkBrominePast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia 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
Dodson1.8 miles15
Smithland2.2 miles14
Friendship4.7 miles14
Mount Vernon4.7 miles12
Philadelphia5.0 miles15
Sharman5.4 miles14
Hunt5.8 miles15
Jefferson6.2 miles13

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.

Wikidata item Q18326210The 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 57418. 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.