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Delhi, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Township 6. It lies in ZIP code area 71744. The Survey maps it on the East Camden quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Delhi within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

90 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Delhi (historical) between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,438 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined35
Arson/incendiarism22
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2005Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2005Natural23 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2011Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Delhi (historical): 11 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Quapaw Pit & Benton PlantAluminum, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Calhoun 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
Locust Bayou4.5 miles16
Little Bay (historical)4.8 miles16
Newport6.1 miles16
Smead (historical)8.0 miles16
Woodberry8.1 miles16
Hampton8.7 miles12
Harbour (historical)8.9 miles16
Artesian10.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69987. 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.