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Cummings Springs, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Redland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71857. The Survey maps it on the Whelen Springs quadrangle.

Cummings Springs within Nevada County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

57 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Cummings Springs between 1997 and 2020, burning about 692 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism19
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use16 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2006Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Cummings Springs: 13 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hawthorne PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Loe PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Nevada 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
Lackland (historical)1.8 miles16
Gum Grove3.5 miles16
Bluff City3.5 miles16
Reader4.2 miles17
Zama (historical)5.8 miles16
Dills Mills6.0 miles16
Redland6.2 miles15
Foss (historical)6.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 56979. 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.