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Comal, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marion County Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72687. It stands on Greasy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bruno quadrangle.

Comal within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

63 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Comal between 1997 and 2020, burning about 711 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined26
Arson/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning12
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
20 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2011Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2007Debris and open burning18 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2010Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2012Natural27 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionMAR27491173

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Comal: 15 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead. 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
UnknownZinc, LeadUnknown
Unknown QuarryStoneUnknown
Blankenship ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Getzendener ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Old Lead MineLead, ZincUnknown
Crooked Creek Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Marion County Pitark Highway DeptSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Bear Hill MineZincPast ProducerSphalerite

Every working recorded in Marion 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
Turkey0.7 miles16
Georges Creek1.1 miles15
Snow1.9 miles15
Powell2.4 miles16
Pyatt3.9 miles16
Big Springs (historical)4.3 miles16
Summit4.5 miles17
Yellville4.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76656. 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.