Bristol, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Bristol Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72111. It stands on Hall Branch. The Survey maps it on the Enola quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bristol within Faulkner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 10 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.

1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Enola quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Conway quadrangle1:100000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1994 USGS Enola quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

58 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Bristol (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,036 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 15 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	19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	16
Arson/incendiarism	15
Natural	4
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
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
4 September 2000	Natural	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 1998	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 August 2005	Natural	30 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	23 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
23 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	16 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
15 August 2012	Arson/incendiarism	9.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
13 August 2012	Natural	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
13 August 2010	Natural	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Faulkner County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bristol (historical): 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Clay. 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 Shale Pits 2	Clay	Past Producer
Unk	Stone	Past Producer
Unk	Stone	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Faulkner 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
Hawthicket (historical)	2.0 miles	10
Naylor	3.0 miles	10
Mount Vernon	4.2 miles	11
Enola	4.3 miles	10
Garland Springs	4.4 miles	10
Center Point	4.8 miles	11
Vilonia	7.0 miles	11
Barney	7.1 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62743. 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.