BlockChalybeate Springs, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Dutch Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72833. It stands on Kitchen Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bluffton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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 Mount Ida quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1890 USGS Mt Ida quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gravelly quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lake Ouachita quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Bluffton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
37 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Chalybeate Springs between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,520 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 26 acres | Ouachita National Forest | SOUTH BLUE HOLE |
| 11 September 2000 | Smoking | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1999 | Natural | 16 acres | Ouachita National Forest | 988 |
| 24 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | WALTREAK |
| 23 August 2005 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | 989 |
| 20 August 2007 | Natural | 9.5 acres | Ouachita National Forest | CEDAR CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waltreak | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Shark | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Dentontown (historical) | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Fourche Valley | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Briggsville | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Macedonia | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Bluffton | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Wing | 6.4 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 71108. 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.