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Cooper, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Self Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71950. It stands on Mile Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lodi quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cooper within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

55 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Cooper (historical) between 1997 and 2018, burning about 285 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning10
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony2

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
29 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use11 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cooper (historical): 3 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Manganese. 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
Bear Creek ProspectBarium-BariteUnknown
Fagan MineManganesePast Producer1917
Gap Mountain DepositBarium-BaritePast Producer
West Central Manganese DistrictManganesePast Producer

Every working recorded in Pike 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
Daisy2.2 miles14
Lodi3.2 miles17
Kirby4.6 miles17
Dunlap (historical)5.5 miles17
Star of the West (historical)5.5 miles11
Abner (historical)5.8 miles14
Zebulon (historical)5.9 miles17
Salem6.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64607. 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.