BlockBefore

Cunningham, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Traskwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72167. The Survey maps it on the Traskwood quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cunningham within Saline County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

355 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 355 fires within 5 miles of Cunningham (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,490 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 153 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/incendiarism153
Debris and open burning88
Missing data/not specified/undetermined74
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural10
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking4
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
9 September 2004Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2014Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionHOT21970873
4 September 2004Arson/incendiarism31 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saline 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 Cunningham (historical): 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Wilcox Group KaolinAluminum, Iron, Silica, TitaniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Saline 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
Traskwood2.3 miles10
Opitz (historical)4.9 miles10
Haskell5.8 miles19
Fairplay (historical)7.3 miles19
Klondike (historical)8.0 miles19
Slocomb (historical)8.0 miles19
Shaw9.2 miles9
Nance9.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65957. 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.