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Dripping Springs, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Whittington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71901. It lies near Indian Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Fountain Lake quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Dripping Springs within Garland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

193 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Dripping Springs (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,241 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 56 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/incendiarism56
Missing data/not specified/undetermined50
Debris and open burning47
Natural16
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony5
Fireworks1

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
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHot Springs National ParkVEHICLE WF
24 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2004Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Dripping Springs (historical): 10 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Vanadium, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Niobium (Columbium). 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
Hot Springs PitSilica, TripoliProducer
No NameClayPast Producer
No NameStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
No NameFlagstonePast Producer
No NameFlagstonePast Producer
Potash Sulfur SpringsNiobium (Columbium)Occurrence
Wilson Springs Vanadium DepositVanadium, Niobium (Columbium)Past Producer1950, 1967
Potash Sulfur SpringsVanadiumProducer1960, 1966, 1983
Smith Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Union Carbide PitVanadiumProducer

Every working recorded in Garland 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
Fountain Lake2.6 miles14
Gulpha (historical)2.9 miles14
Euclid Heights3.3 miles15
Spring Lake (historical)3.7 miles12
Potash Sulphur Springs (historical)4.2 miles12
Hot Springs4.4 miles15
Ozark Lithia4.5 miles15
High Point (historical)4.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64328. 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.