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Chancel, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72856. It stands on Buck Branch. The Survey maps it on the Deer quadrangle.

Chancel within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 14 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

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Chancel between 1992 and 2018, burning about 716 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 19 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/incendiarism19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural5
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
7 September 1999Debris and open burning30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 2012Naturalunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsHIGH NINE
24 July 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsROAD SIDE
20 July 2012Natural6.5 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsNELLIE
9 April 2006Natural37 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsCOLEMAN
7 April 2006Natural130 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsSULPHUR CREEK
4 April 2005Arson/incendiarism30 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsTATLOR RIDGE
2 April 2005Arson/incendiarism4.2 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsGREEN HAW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Chancel: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Pelsor QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Lurton3.8 miles15
Pleasant Hill4.1 miles14
Cowell4.8 miles14
Spence Jucntion5.0 miles15
Deer6.1 miles14
Holt (historical)6.8 miles15
Limestone7.6 miles9
Moore8.9 miles21

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122554089The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 71113. 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.