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Camilla, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Gray Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72023. It lies near Holland Bottoms. The Survey maps it on the Cabot quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Camilla within Lonoke County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

5 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Camilla (historical) between 2000 and 2015, burning about 87 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
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
20 June 2012Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 April 2007Debris and open burning15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 January 2014Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionPUL2823890
21 January 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined47 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 January 2015Smoking16 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lonoke 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 Camilla (historical): 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone. 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
Cabot Quarry and Mill No 2FlagstoneProducer
Sheaffer QuarryFlagstonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Lonoke 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
Holland2.0 miles19
Hoover Addition2.3 miles19
Bailey Estates2.8 miles19
Waymack Addition3.6 miles19
Candlewood Estates3.7 miles19
Welders Wood3.9 miles19
Parnell4.0 miles19
Country Lane4.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 61230. 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.