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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1892 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1939 USGS Snowball quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Snowball quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Snowball quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Snowball quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Snowball SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Moore quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
40 since 1994Regional 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/incendiarism | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 1998 | Smoking | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2001 | Natural | 4.2 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | AUGUST |
| 15 August 2012 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | ICELEDO |
| 13 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | COPPER HEAD |
| 4 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 36 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | MAGIC |
| 21 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 9.6 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | MOORE |
| 2 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | KETCHERSIDE |
| 18 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Fat Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lost Mountain Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Upper Cave Creek | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bass | 5.1 miles | 20 | |
| Moore | 5.8 miles | 21 | |
| Cave Creek | 6.5 miles | 20 | |
| Spence Jucntion | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Holt (historical) | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Ben Hur | 7.5 miles | 22 | |
| Lurton | 8.0 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Judea | 8.0 miles | 14 |
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 Q122556800 | The 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.














