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Collietown, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Cushman-Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72501. It lies near Dave Green Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Bethesda quadrangle.

Collietown within Independence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

195 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Collietown between 1997 and 2020, burning about 5,730 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 115 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/incendiarism115
Debris and open burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2011Equipment and vehicle use15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2004Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2004Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Independence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 101 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 101 workings within 5 miles of Collietown: 66 past producers, 15 unknowns, 11 prospects, 5 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Marble, 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
E.B.MathesonIronProducer
Mcbride MinesMarble, Dimension, FlagstoneProducer
Williamson PropertyLimestone, High CalciumUnknownBedded limestone
Arkansas Limestone Co.Limestone, Dimension, Aluminum, StoneUnknownBedded high calcium limestone
Love Hollow Limestone Co.Limestone, DimensionProspect
Meyersville SpurStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Meyersville Spur Limestone PropertyAluminumPast ProducerSurface
Rangaire Lime PlantCalciumProducer
Rangaire Love Hollow MineCalciumProducer
Stone Produducts Corp.QuarryMarble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownBedded limestone - Kimmswick formation

Every working recorded in Independence County

Storms near this place

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Collietown in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2012Thunderstorm WindCollietown$25,000Numerous trees were uprooted, and tree tops and limbs were blown down. Two buildings were damaged.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCollietown$5,000Trees were blown down on Collietown Rd.
May 2019HailCollietown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Independence 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
Phosphate (historical)0.6 miles18
Edmonson (historical)1.7 miles19
Cushman4.1 miles18
New Hope5.2 miles18
Bethesda5.9 miles18
Big Spring Mill6.4 miles20
O'Neal6.6 miles18
The Quarry6.8 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122552470The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57572. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.