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Crawford, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Muddy Fork Township. It stands on Parker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Center Point NE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Crawford within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

45 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Crawford (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 592 acres in total. 11 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/undetermined11
Natural11
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1999Natural20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2010Natural18 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 1999Debris and open burning20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 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

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Crawford (historical): 20 past producers, 10 occurrences, 9 unknowns, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Antimony, Antimony, Mercury. 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
Gap Ridge MineMercury, Arsenic, Antimony, Silver, ZincPast Producer1931
Parker Hill MineAntimony, MercuryPast Producer1931
Craig MineMercury, AntimonyPast ProducerCalomel, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Stibiconite, Stibnite
East Gap Ridge MineMercury, AntimonyPast Producer1931
Hales MineMercury, AntimonyPast Producer1940
Parnell Hill MineMercury, AntimonyPast Producer1931
U.S. Mercury Co. MineMercury, AntimonyPast ProducerCalomel, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Stibiconite, Stibnite
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

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
Helbig (historical)1.6 miles14
Abner (historical)3.2 miles14
Nathan4.4 miles12
Mount Moriah4.7 miles13
Norvelle (historical)5.2 miles12
Stephenson (historical)5.6 miles13
Daisy5.9 miles14
Stanley (historical)6.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64609. 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.