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Cave Creek, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Polk Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72655. It stands on Bens Branch. The Survey maps it on the Eula quadrangle.

Cave Creek within Newton County

On record in Cave Creek

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

14 surveys from 20 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

68 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Cave Creek between 1994 and 2020, burning about 9,322 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 23 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/incendiarism23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Debris and open burning15
Natural5
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
31 August 1998Smoking6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2001Natural4.2 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsAUGUST
15 August 2012Natural5.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsICELEDO
7 June 1997Arson/incendiarism120 acresBuffalo National RiverFLAT ROCK
21 June 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 June 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBuffalo National RiverCAVE CREEK CHUTE
29 May 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 April 2000Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton 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 Cave Creek: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Ragged BreechesZinc, LeadPast Producer
ConfederateLead, ZincPast Producer
Turkey Fat MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Z HudsonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Belle of Wichita MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Lost Mountain MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Upper Cave CreekLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Newton 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
Bass2.0 miles20
Flat2.1 miles20
Mount Judea4.3 miles14
Carver5.1 miles14
Vendor5.3 miles14
Piercetown5.5 miles14
Mount Hersey6.0 miles16
Dickey Junction6.5 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76552. 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.