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Chapman, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in South Harrison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72601. It stands on Dry Jordan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harrison quadrangle.

Chapman within Boone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 13 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

40 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Chapman between 1997 and 2020, burning about 588 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
7 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2006Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2012Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 July 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 July 2005Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 April 2009Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boone County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Chapman: 5 unknowns, 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc, 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
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Briscoe ProspectZincOccurrence
Walter MineZincPast Producer
Denison MineLeadPast Producer
Halliday MineLeadPast Producer
Harrison Smeltin & Refining Co.LeadPast Producer
Starkey MineLeadPast Producer
Mc Clinton Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mcentire PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Boone 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
Harrison1.6 miles13
Bellefonte2.1 miles13
Mount Pleasant (historical)3.5 miles13
Grubb Springs3.9 miles13
Pedlo (historical)5.0 miles16
Elmwood5.3 miles13
Watkins (historical)5.7 miles13
Capps5.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69270. 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.