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Cox Spring, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Black Springs Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71960. It lies near Bearden Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Polk Creek Mountain quadrangle.

Cox Spring within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Cox Spring between 1992 and 2019, burning about 12,336 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 20 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
Natural28
Arson/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreOuachita National ForestABERNATHY SPRINGS #4
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism35 acresOuachita National ForestCOX SPRINGS
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresOuachita National ForestCOUNTY LINE
15 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2011Natural563 acresOuachita National ForestBEECH CREEK
14 September 2011Natural705 acresOuachita National ForestCHRISOPHER MOUNTAIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Cox Spring: 5 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Slate, Dimension, Copper, Barium-Barite. 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
North Mountain MineCopper, ManganesePast Producer1916
Polk Creek Mt ProspectBarium-Barite, ManganeseUnknown
C.F. Saviac QuarrySlate, DimensionUnknown
UnknownSlate, DimensionUnknown
UnknownSlate, DimensionUnknown
Slatington Mountain ProspectsManganeseProspect1916
Still MineManganesePast Producer1916
Willie CogburnManganeseUnknown

Every working recorded in Montgomery 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
Slatington (historical)1.6 miles15
Alf2.7 miles15
Sulphur Springs3.4 miles15
Union Hill4.5 miles15
Redbird (historical)5.0 miles15
Albert6.0 miles15
Mimosa6.3 miles15
Black Springs7.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 63474. 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.