Dixie, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72016. The Survey maps it on the Gleason quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Dixie within Perry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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.

1892 USGS Morrillton quadrangle1:125000
1894 USGS Morrillton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1894 USGS Morrilton quadrangle1:125000
1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Gleason quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Conway quadrangle1:100000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1991 USGS Gleason quadrangle1:24000
1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

56 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Dixie (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 784 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined	18
Debris and open burning	17
Arson/incendiarism	11
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Smoking	3
Natural	2

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
7 September 2002	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2016	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2004	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2000	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 2004	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	30 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 2005	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dixie (historical): 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Unk	Stone	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Perry 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
New Dixie	1.2 miles	17
Bigelow	2.6 miles	17
Fourche	2.7 miles	16
Graytown	3.1 miles	16
Stony Point	3.3 miles	17
Nogal	3.6 miles	17
Kenney (historical)	3.7 miles	16
Toad Suck	3.8 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65205. 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.