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Crocker, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Lafferty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72561. It lies near Love Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Mount Pleasant quadrangle.

Crocker within Izard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

185 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Crocker between 1997 and 2020, burning about 5,386 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 113 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/incendiarism113
Debris and open burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Natural1
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
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2004Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2004Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Izard County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 93 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 93 workings within 5 miles of Crocker: 59 past producers, 14 unknowns, 8 occurrences, 8 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Stone, Marble, Dimension. 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
Arkansas Limestone Co.Limestone, Dimension, Aluminum, StoneUnknownBedded high calcium limestone
Canard-CajunClay, Phosphorus-PhosphatesProducer
E.B.MathesonIronProducer
Mcbride MinesMarble, Dimension, FlagstoneProducer
Rangaire Love Hollow MineCalciumProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Williamson PropertyLimestone, High CalciumUnknownBedded limestone
Meyersville SpurStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Meyersville Spur Limestone PropertyAluminumPast ProducerSurface
Stone Produducts Corp.QuarryMarble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownBedded limestone - Kimmswick formation

Every working recorded in Izard 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
Myersville0.8 miles14
Penters Bluff (historical)1.2 miles18
Wolquarry2.7 miles14
Lafferty2.9 miles19
Guion5.1 miles14
Gid6.7 miles19
Mount Pleasant7.8 miles19
Lunenburg8.6 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76708. 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.