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Culp, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 11. It lies in ZIP code area 72519. It stands on Cataract Creek. The Survey maps it on the Calico Rock quadrangle.

Culp within Baxter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

77 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Culp between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,220 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 24 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/incendiarism24
Debris and open burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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 1998Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2011Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2020Debris and open burning9.8 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsPRETTY HILL
22 August 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsCULP ROAD
21 August 1995Smokingunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsKNOB

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baxter County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Culp: 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Iron Oxide Pigments. 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
L. R. Cox MineIron Oxide PigmentsUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Baxter 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
McPhearson2.8 miles17
Casteel (historical)2.9 miles19
Berry (historical)4.0 miles19
Old Joe4.5 miles19
Herron5.1 miles17
Chastain (historical)5.6 miles17
Hopewell6.6 miles19
Jonesdale (historical)7.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 71315. 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.