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Concord, Arkansas

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1997. It stands in District 9. It lies in ZIP code area 72956. The Survey maps it on the Van Buren quadrangle.

Concord within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 28 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

119 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Concord between 1997 and 2020, burning about 807 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 burning60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism11
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Arson/incendiarism50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2011Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Concord: 2 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Flagstone. 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
(Facility) Zinc SmelterZincPlant
Arkhola Sand & Gravel Co QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Crawford 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
Meadows1.6 miles28
Alma2.0 miles22
Shibley2.4 miles28
Furry2.5 miles28
Eastgate Place2.5 miles28
Smeltzer3.0 miles28
Kibler3.1 miles22
Ball3.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57577. 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.