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Buttermilk, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72802. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hector quadrangle. It stands 417 feet above sea level.

Buttermilk within Pope County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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

85 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Buttermilk between 1997 and 2020, burning about 740 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 21 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 burning31
Arson/incendiarism21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2011Debris and open burning12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2011Debris and open burning107 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionCONWAY
3 September 2007Smoking5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2006Debris and open burning20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Smoking1.0 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Buttermilk: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Jack Duvall Quarry & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Appleton2.9 miles18
Caglesville3.6 miles16
Oak Grove3.8 miles17
Welcome4.3 miles16
Leta (historical)5.0 miles16
Rock Springs5.1 miles16
Moreland5.5 miles17
Economy6.0 miles17

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 ButtermilkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5003000The 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 70941. 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.