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Dickey Junction, Arkansas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Polk Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72655. It lies near Cherry Flat. The Survey maps it on the Moore quadrangle.

Dickey Junction within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 21 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

40 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Dickey Junction between 1994 and 2018, burning about 2,613 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 18 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/incendiarism18
Debris and open burning9
Natural5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1

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
31 August 1998Smoking6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2001Natural4.2 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsAUGUST
15 August 2012Natural5.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsICELEDO
13 August 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsCOPPER HEAD
4 April 2004Arson/incendiarism36 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsMAGIC
21 April 2007Recreation and ceremony9.6 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsMOORE
2 April 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsKETCHERSIDE
18 April 1999Arson/incendiarism12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Dickey Junction: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, 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
Turkey Fat MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lost Mountain MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Upper Cave CreekLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Newton 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
Bass5.1 miles20
Moore5.8 miles21
Cave Creek6.5 miles20
Spence Jucntion6.7 miles15
Holt (historical)7.1 miles15
Ben Hur7.5 miles22
Lurton8.0 miles15
Mount Judea8.0 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122556800The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 71385. 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.