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Clutes, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72633. It lies near Chinquapin Spring Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Western Grove quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Clutes within Searcy County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 16 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

157 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Clutes (historical) between 1996 and 2020, burning about 5,479 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 67 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/incendiarism67
Missing data/not specified/undetermined60
Debris and open burning19
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
27 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 2006Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2012Naturalunder an acreBuffalo National RiverMT. HERSEY
18 July 2005Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Searcy County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Clutes (historical): 8 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Dolomite, Lead. 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
A-ProspectLead, ZincPast Producer
Old Granby MineLead, Zinc, DolomitePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
Bald HillZincPast Producer
Big HurricaneZincPast Producer
CampbellZincPast Producer
ExcelsiorZincPast Producer
MarkhamZincOccurrence
Roaring HollowZincUnknown
YountZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Searcy 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
Pindall1.6 miles16
Saint Joe4.3 miles16
Woolum4.9 miles20
Dugger (historical)5.1 miles16
Push6.0 miles16
Point Peter6.2 miles20
Duff7.0 miles16
Hall (historical)8.1 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69955. 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.