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College Park, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Vaugine Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71602. The Survey maps it on the White Hall quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

College Park within Jefferson County

On record in College Park

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 2 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

66 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of College Park (historical) between 2001 and 2017, burning about 165 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 22 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 burning30
Arson/incendiarism22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2005Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 College Park (historical): 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Cross County Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Easton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pine Bluff PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand 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 Jefferson 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
Lamb (historical)0.6 miles16
Leitner1.0 miles16
Henslee Heights1.2 miles16
Warbritton1.7 miles16
White Hall1.8 miles16
Baldwin1.8 miles16
West End2.8 miles10
Plain View3.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 60877. 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.