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Departe, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Oil Trough Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72564. It stands on Dog Lick Branch. The Survey maps it on the Huff quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Departe within Independence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

79 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Departe (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,463 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 34 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/incendiarism34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Debris and open burning14
Natural2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 1999Debris and open burning50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2014Arson/incendiarism12 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionIND28418867
2 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2006Arson/incendiarism30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1999Arson/incendiarism140 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Independence County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Departe (historical): 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. 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
UnkStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Independence 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
Thida2.0 miles12
Maple Springs2.9 miles17
Oil Trough3.5 miles14
Bailey3.6 miles12
Union Hill4.1 miles15
Dunnington4.5 miles14
Rosie5.5 miles17
Akron (historical)5.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 68000. 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.