Casteel, Arkansas

19 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 72519. It lies near Grassy Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Calico Rock quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Casteel within Baxter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

1890 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000
1891 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000
1894 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Calico Rock quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Bull Shoals Lake quadrangle1:100000
1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Casteel (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,308 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 27 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/incendiarism	27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15
Debris and open burning	9
Recreation and ceremony	7
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Natural	4
Fireworks	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Smoking	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
26 September 2004	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	MCGOWN
2 September 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	TIE RIDGE
9 August 1996	Natural	15 acres	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	HOG
23 August 2020	Debris and open burning	9.8 acres	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	PRETTY HILL
22 August 2014	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	CULP ROAD
21 August 1995	Smoking	under an acre	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	KNOB
17 August 1995	Arson/incendiarism	175 acres	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	PRETTY HILL
6 July 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baxter 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 Casteel (historical): 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron Oxide Pigments. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
L. R. Cox Mine	Iron Oxide Pigments	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Culp	2.9 miles	19
McPhearson	4.9 miles	17
Jonesdale (historical)	5.9 miles	18
Berry (historical)	6.8 miles	19
Herron	6.9 miles	17
Old Joe	7.2 miles	19
Chastain (historical)	7.6 miles	17
Hopewell	9.3 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69349. 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.