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Crawford, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72633. It stands on Crawford Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Everton quadrangle.

Crawford within Boone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 16 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

28 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Crawford between 1997 and 2020, burning about 479 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
19 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 1999Debris and open burning9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2010Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 2006Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 April 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 April 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boone County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Crawford: 4 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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
Everton ProspectSilicaProspect
LowerySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lowery Quarry-Eros LocationStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Marguerite MineLead, ZincUnknown
Maxwell MineLead, ZincUnknown
Potts MineLead, ZincUnknown

Every working recorded in Boone 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
Everton1.5 miles16
Rally Hill2.5 miles16
Harmon2.6 miles16
Olvey3.1 miles16
Pleasant Ridge3.4 miles16
Dugger3.5 miles16
Valley Springs4.6 miles16
Pedlo (historical)4.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57602. 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.