Cumberland, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in District 5. It lies in ZIP code area 72837. It lies near Shinn Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Lee Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cumberland within Pope County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

1888 USGS Dardanelle #1 quadrangle1:62500
1890 USGS Dardanelle quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Lee Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1993 USGS Lee Mountain quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

64 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Cumberland (historical) between 1999 and 2019, burning about 307 acres in total. 4 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
Debris and open burning	28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Arson/incendiarism	9
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Natural	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Smoking	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
26 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2003	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 2006	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
1 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 August 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 August 2008	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 August 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
31 August 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope 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 Cumberland (historical): 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
R. L. Bewley Tract	Clay	Prospect
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk Quarries 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Pope 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
Famous (historical)	2.4 miles	19
Piney	2.6 miles	19
Dover	2.8 miles	20
Pleasant Valley	2.8 miles	19
Augsburg	3.9 miles	19
Tatetown (historical)	4.0 miles	19
Falerno (historical)	4.0 miles	19
Taral	4.1 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 79168. 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.