Dowdy, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Black River-Marshell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72524. The Survey maps it on the Cord quadrangle.

Dowdy within Independence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

1932 USGS Strawberry quadrangle1:62500
1935 USGS Strawberry quadrangle1:62500
1941 USGS Strawberry quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Cord quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

16 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Dowdy between 1999 and 2020, burning about 187 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Debris and open burning	5
Arson/incendiarism	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
1 April 2003	Debris and open burning	25 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
23 March 2003	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
20 March 2014	Debris and open burning	40 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	IND17443196
3 February 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
26 February 2004	Arson/incendiarism	6.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
11 February 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
28 December 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
26 November 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Independence 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 Dowdy: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc. 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
Harris Property	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Unk	Stone	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Independence 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
Lockheart (historical)	1.8 miles	11
Lockheart	3.2 miles	10
Hazel Grove	3.3 miles	12
Cord	3.4 miles	12
Walnut Grove	4.4 miles	11
Dota	5.6 miles	11
Charlotte	7.5 miles	11
Pleasant Hill	8.0 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57676. 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.