Catorce, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72113. It lies near Cook Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Mayflower quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Catorce within Pulaski 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.

1891 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000
1893 USGS Camp Pike quadrangle1:125000
1893 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1953 USGS Mayflower quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Mayflower quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1994 USGS Mayflower quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

59 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Catorce (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 876 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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 burning	16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	16
Arson/incendiarism	15
Smoking	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Natural	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
9 September 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	25 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1999	Smoking	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2000	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1999	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 2000	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	114 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Catorce (historical): 5 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum. 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	Recorded
Saline-Pulaski	Aluminum	Past Producer	Gibbsite, Goethite, Hematite, Kaolin, Magnetite, Pyrite, Siderite
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Stone	Unknown
Unk	Stone	Unknown
Unk	Stone	Unknown

Every working recorded in Pulaski 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
Mount Pilgrim	0.9 miles	19
West Marche	1.4 miles	19
Maumelle	1.9 miles	20
Natural Steps	2.6 miles	20
Morgan	3.3 miles	17
Roland	3.6 miles	19
Monnie Springs	3.8 miles	19
Marche	4.0 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 67450. 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.