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Capps, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bryan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72601. The Survey maps it on the Gaither quadrangle. It stands 1,440 feet above sea level.

Capps within Boone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 13 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

29 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Capps between 1997 and 2015, burning about 753 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
8 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2006Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 April 1998Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 April 2004Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 April 2003Debris and open burning60 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boone County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Capps: 3 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Harrison Smeltin & Refining Co.LeadPast Producer
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Mcentire PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Boone County

Storms near this place

3 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Capps in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2024Thunderstorm WindCapps-A roof was partially blown off of a pole barn along with several large trees blown over near Harrison.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindCapps-Several trees were downed.
February 2006Thunderstorm WindCapps-Thunderstorm winds snapped off three power poles.

Every storm recorded in Boone 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
Batavia2.2 miles12
Grubb Springs2.3 miles13
Francis3.9 miles12
Bear Creek Springs4.3 miles12
Harrison4.3 miles13
Little Arkansaw4.5 miles12
Red Bank4.9 miles13
Ridgeway5.7 miles12

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 CappsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3657798The 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 57506. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.