Davis Ford, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71833. It stands on Amos Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dierks Dam quadrangle.

Davis Ford within Howard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

1913 USGS De Queen quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS Dierks Dam quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS De Queen quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

89 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Davis Ford between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,071 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 41 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/incendiarism	41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25
Debris and open burning	11
Natural	7
Equipment and vehicle use	5

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
9 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 2006	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	570 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	BUD SHAW
5 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	6.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2004	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Davis Ford: 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, High Calcium, Clay, Lead. 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
Henry Lode Property	Lead, Zinc	Occurrence
Shale Pit	Clay	Unknown
Unk	Limestone, High Calcium	Occurrence
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Howard 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
Rough Edge (historical)	0.9 miles	14
Brushy (historical)	2.1 miles	16
Pates (historical)	2.1 miles	16
Bethel (historical)	2.3 miles	18
Burg	2.9 miles	14
Cedar Hill (historical)	3.3 miles	18
Slip-Up and Hitch (historical)	3.4 miles	12
Umpire	3.5 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 56984. 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.