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Dogpatch, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marble Falls Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72601. It sits by Spring Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Jasper quadrangle.

Dogpatch within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 13 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

76 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Dogpatch between 1995 and 2020, burning about 2,030 acres in total. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Debris and open burning19
Arson/incendiarism18
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
12 September 2011Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2006Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBuffalo National RiverCROW HOLE #1
10 August 2012Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBuffalo National RiverSOUTH OF PRUITT
21 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2006Debris and open burning10 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dogpatch: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc, 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
Lee Roy MineLead, ZincUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Newton County

Storms near this place

1 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dogpatch in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1994Thunderstorm WindDogpatch$500,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power poles and destroyed several mobile homes.

Every storm 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
The Basin1.5 miles13
Pruitt3.3 miles13
Sulphur Spring (historical)3.4 miles13
Little Buffalo (historical)4.3 miles13
Erbie5.5 miles13
Wells Creek (historical)6.0 miles13
Flatwoods7.1 miles13
Jasper7.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76808. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.