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Center Point, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Cypress Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72173. The Survey maps it on the Vilonia quadrangle.

Center Point within Faulkner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

58 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Center Point between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,016 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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 burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
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
6 September 1998Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2005Natural30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined23 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2010Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Faulkner County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Center Point: 10 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
Beryl Pit & PlantSilicaPast Producer
Morris FarmLeadUnknown
Mrs. Arthur Palmer FarmSandstone, DimensionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
Unk Shale Pits 2ClayPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Faulkner 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
Vilonia3.3 miles11
Funston3.5 miles11
Duncans Gap (historical)4.3 miles11
Naylor4.7 miles10
Bristol (historical)4.8 miles10
Otto5.3 miles11
Beryl6.1 miles12
Hawthicket (historical)6.5 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76107. 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.