Covey, 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 72519. It stands on Barren Fork. The Survey maps it on the Norfork Dam North quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Covey 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.

1890 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000
1891 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000
1894 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Norfork Dam North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1979 USGS Norfork Dam North quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Bull Shoals Lake quadrangle1:100000
1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

157 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Covey (historical) between 1997 and 2019, burning about 5,600 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 61 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
Arson/incendiarism	61
Debris and open burning	47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	39
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Natural	2
Recreation and ceremony	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
6 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2004	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2000	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 1999	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	35 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
31 August 2007	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
31 August 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baxter County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Covey (historical): 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
	Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Rodney	0.8 miles	19
Jordan	1.8 miles	19
Hand (historical)	2.3 miles	18
Woods Point Landing	2.8 miles	18
Timber Lake Manor	3.4 miles	18
Spencer (historical)	4.3 miles	18
Wake (historical)	4.4 miles	18
Hopewell	4.9 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69359. 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.