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Crystal Springs Landing, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Hale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71968. It stands on Little Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Crystal Springs quadrangle.

Crystal Springs Landing within Garland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

61 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Crystal Springs Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 580 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 19 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/incendiarism19
Debris and open burning12
Natural10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1

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 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOuachita National Forest177 W-18
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOuachita National ForestHICKORY NUT #1
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresOuachita National ForestHICKORY NUT #2
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresOuachita National ForestHICKORY NUT #3
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOuachita National ForestHICKORY NUT #4
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOuachita National ForestHICKORY NUT #5
29 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresOuachita National ForestBEAR RIFLE RANGE
2 September 2011Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garland County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Crystal Springs Landing: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Slate, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Quartz, 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
No NameSilicaPast Producer
Starfire MineQuartzProducer1990
No NameSlate, DimensionPast Producer
No NameSlate, DimensionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Garland 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
Crystal Springs2.2 miles15
Peak4.4 miles7
Bucksville (historical)4.6 miles15
Bear4.7 miles15
Maddox4.9 miles8
Cedar Glades (historical)5.6 miles15
Meyers6.1 miles8
Royal6.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 71307. 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.