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Cove Creek, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Magnet Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72104. It stands on Stony Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Catherine quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cove Creek within Hot Spring County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

151 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Cove Creek (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 718 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 23 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 burning58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Arson/incendiarism23
Smoking14
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
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
9 September 1998Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hot Spring County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Cove Creek (historical): 12 past producers, 11 producers, 7 prospects, 3 unknowns. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Vanadium, Titanium, Iron. 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) Jones Mills SmelterAluminumPlant
Arkansas Power and Light Company PropertyFluorine-Fluorite, PyritePast Producer
Christy Brookite DepositTitanium, MetalOccurrenceBrookite
Christy Deposit.Vanadium, Titanium, Niobium (Columbium)Prospect1890, 1976
Christy PropertyMolybdenum, Titanium, Metal, Niobium (Columbium), VanadiumProducerMolybdenite, Rutile
Christy PropertyVanadium, Titanium, MetalProspect1943, 1984, 1985
Golden-Estes PropertyMolybdenumPast Producer
Kimsey ProspectNiobium (Columbium), MolybdenumProducerBrookite, Molybdenite
Magnet Cove Mica DepositMicaUnknown
Magnet Cove Rutile MineTitanium, Metal, Niobium (Columbium)ProducerRutile

Every working recorded in Hot Spring 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
Shorewood Hills0.7 miles12
Jones Mills0.8 miles12
Magnet Cove2.7 miles13
Diamondhead2.7 miles12
Butterfield4.5 miles13
Rockport5.6 miles13
Morning Star6.4 miles14
Oak Grove6.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 66082. 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.