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Buck Snort, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jonesboro Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72405. The Survey maps it on the Lorado quadrangle. It stands 358 feet above sea level.

Buck Snort within Craighead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

Fires near this place

54 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Buck Snort between 1998 and 2020, burning about 530 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 burning34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
29 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionCRA3323638
21 August 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2001Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Craighead County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Buck Snort: 12 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Jonesboro Brick CoClayUnknown
Jonesboro Brick CoClayUnknown
Griffith Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Smoot's Standard Gravel Co IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Craighead 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
Pleasant Grove2.2 miles11
Jonesboro Junction2.8 miles10
Farrville2.9 miles10
Philadelphia3.0 miles10
Glendale3.0 miles11
Sterling Springs3.5 miles10
Brookland3.6 miles10
Whitburg (historical)4.1 miles10

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 Buck SnortAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4982947The 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 64665. 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.