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Cartney, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 11. It lies in ZIP code area 72653. It stands on Perry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo City quadrangle.

Cartney within Baxter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Cartney between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,149 acres in total. None started naturally. 39 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/incendiarism39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
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
29 August 2012Debris and open burning42 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsFLOWER CREEK
19 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsMATNEY
6 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBuffalo National RiverLBRWA2-WF
6 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBuffalo National RiverLBRWA1-WF
6 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBuffalo National RiverLBRWA3-WF
6 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBuffalo National RiverLBRWA4-WF
6 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBuffalo National RiverLBRWA5-WF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baxter County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Cartney: 4 unknowns, 2 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc. 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
MeerscheidtLead, Mercury, ZincProspect
UnknownLead, ZincUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Annie May MineLead, ZincProspect
Michigan MineLead, ZincUnknown
Prince Fred MineZincPast Producer
Turkey MountainZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Baxter 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
Shipp1.7 miles17
Lone Rock2.2 miles17
Advance2.7 miles18
Laytonville (historical)3.3 miles18
Buffalo City3.7 miles18
Shady Grove3.9 miles18
Buford4.3 miles18
Norfork Village4.4 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 CartneyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q122554696The 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 71023. 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.