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Bullfrog Valley, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 4. It lies in ZIP code area 72837. It lies near Evans Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Treat quadrangle. It stands 669 feet above sea level.

Bullfrog Valley within Pope County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

Fires near this place

74 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Bullfrog Valley between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,064 acres in total. 12 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
Arson/incendiarism18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning14
Natural12
Fireworks5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsJIMMY CREEK #4
6 August 2011Naturalunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsPAINT
5 August 2005Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsCHIGGER HOLLOW
4 August 2012Natural38 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope 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 Bullfrog Valley: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Lead. 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
Keys GapZinc, LeadPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Pope 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
Silex1.3 miles14
Falerno (historical)4.6 miles19
Ross4.9 miles19
Tatetown (historical)5.3 miles19
Piney5.5 miles19
Pleasant Valley6.8 miles19
Treat7.0 miles14
Augsburg7.3 miles19

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 Bullfrog ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4996891The 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 59138. 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.