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Coffman, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Duty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72433. The Survey maps it on the Black Rock quadrangle.

Coffman within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

36 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Coffman between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,028 acres in total. None 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 burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
9 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use18 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 June 2009Debris and open burning80 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined45 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Coffman: 13 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Casper MineZincPast Producer
Toles QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Verkler QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Campbell Zinc Co's Shafts 2 & 3Lead, ZincPast Producer
UnkLead, ZincPast Producer
D F JonesSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lawrence 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
Portia1.7 miles12
Powhatan2.5 miles12
Lauratown3.1 miles12
Black Rock3.2 miles12
Arbor Grove3.5 miles12
Hoxie5.6 miles14
Clover Bend5.8 miles10
Hopewell5.9 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 47890. 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.