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Camp Pershing, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Maumelle Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72126. It stands on Narrow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thornburg quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Camp Pershing within Perry County

On record in Camp Pershing

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

104 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Camp Pershing (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,753 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 38 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/incendiarism38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Debris and open burning20
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2012Natural10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2000Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2006Debris and open burning11 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresOuachita National ForestLAKE SYLVIA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry 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 Camp Pershing (historical): 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Quartz. 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
Kuhn MineQuartzProducer1987, 1989
Lake Sylvia ProspectSilicaUnknown
Monro JohnsonSilicaUnknown

Every working recorded in Perry 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
Williams Junction2.0 miles15
Harmony2.1 miles15
Satuma3.0 miles15
Thornburg3.8 miles15
Antioch6.1 miles15
Ragsdale6.1 miles14
Bellevue (historical)6.9 miles16
Oak Grove7.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65195. 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.