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Cold Springs, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Holland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72122. It lies near Horseshoe Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Fourche SW quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cold Springs within Saline County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

124 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Cold Springs (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,694 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 49 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/incendiarism49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Natural20
Debris and open burning20
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
6 September 2005Debris and open burning20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2005Debris and open burning30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2000Arson/incendiarism29 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2006Debris and open burning11 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2011Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saline County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cold Springs (historical): 3 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Ruthenium, Quartz, Slate, Dimension, Silica. 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
H.L.Barber ProspectQuartzUnknown
Jeff and Robert KoonSilicaUnknown
No NameSlate, DimensionUnknown
Unnamed Ruthenium OccurrenceRutheniumOccurrence1987

Every working recorded in Saline 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
Paron3.4 miles16
Reform7.1 miles16
Bland7.4 miles19
Tatumville (historical)8.2 miles20
Curtis (historical)9.4 miles15
Avilla9.8 miles20
Congo11.1 miles20
Grape11.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65954. 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.