Cruse, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Princeton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71725. It stands on Red Branch. The Survey maps it on the Princeton West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cruse within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

1903 USGS Camden quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Princeton West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:62500
1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000
1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

64 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Cruse (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 552 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined	18
Debris and open burning	16
Arson/incendiarism	14
Natural	10
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
9 September 2014	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	DAL22268692
9 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2006	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1999	Natural	25 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 2000	Natural	6.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas 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 Cruse (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 Dallas 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
Princeton	2.9 miles	16
Jacinto	3.8 miles	16
Welchs Shop (historical)	4.6 miles	8
Nix (historical)	4.7 miles	16
Wave	5.1 miles	8
Oakhurst (historical)	5.3 miles	16
Eagletie	5.9 miles	16
Pine Grove	7.5 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 60966. 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.