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Doss, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Nettleton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72401. The Survey maps it on the Jonesboro quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Doss within Craighead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

17 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Doss (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 120 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning10
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
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
26 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2001Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 July 2008Debris and open burning9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 June 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 April 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Craighead County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Doss (historical): 9 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Jonesboro Brick CoClayUnknown
Jonesboro PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jonesboro Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Craighead 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
Nettleton0.7 miles11
Glendale1.6 miles11
Pleasant Grove2.4 miles11
Whitburg (historical)2.9 miles10
Fallis3.0 miles11
Farrville3.1 miles10
Phillips3.1 miles10
Jonesboro3.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 75322. 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.