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College Heights, Arkansas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71655. The Survey maps it on the Monticello South quadrangle.

College Heights within Drew County

On record in College Heights

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

125 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of College Heights between 2001 and 2020, burning about 772 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined53
Debris and open burning32
Arson/incendiarism23
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionDRE8464285
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Drew County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of College Heights: 8 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Drew MillSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkClayPast Producer
Boyd PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Burton MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
C & W Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Chatman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clyde Rogers Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cooper Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Drew County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Drew County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Drew 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.

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 47925. 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.