Bruce, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71602. The Survey maps it on the Hardin quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bruce within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

1932 USGS Pastoria quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1935 USGS Pastoria quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1985 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

132 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Bruce (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 955 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 27 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	53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	42
Arson/incendiarism	27
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Recreation and ceremony	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
8 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	7.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 2004	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2005	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2011	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2010	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2014	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	JEF8068585
29 September 2006	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 Bruce (historical): 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
McKenzie Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Doylestown	1.2 miles	14
Hardin	1.9 miles	14
Midway	2.1 miles	14
Donaldsonville	2.3 miles	14
Oakland Heights	2.8 miles	14
Plain View	4.7 miles	16
White Hall	4.8 miles	16
Dexter	5.1 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 60851. 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.