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Conville, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 11. It lies in ZIP code area 72653. It stands on Jenkins Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mountain Home West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Conville within Baxter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

49 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Conville (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 591 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning12
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2005Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2012Debris and open burning42 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2012Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baxter County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Conville (historical): 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc, Stone. 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
UnkStoneUnknown
Cincinnati ProspectLead, ZincProspect
Commercial ProspectLead, ZincProspect
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Baxter 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
Buford1.8 miles18
Gassville2.5 miles18
Colfax3.6 miles18
Laytonville (historical)3.8 miles18
Independence (historical)3.9 miles18
Whiteville3.9 miles18
Shady Grove4.0 miles18
Cotter4.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69356. 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.