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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1890 USGS Benton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Benton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Fountain Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
193 since 1993Regional 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/incendiarism | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Hot Springs National Park | VEHICLE WF |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Springs Pit | Silica, Tripoli | Producer | ||
| No Name | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| No Name | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| No Name | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| No Name | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Potash Sulfur Springs | Niobium (Columbium) | Occurrence | ||
| Wilson Springs Vanadium Deposit | Vanadium, Niobium (Columbium) | Past Producer | 1950, 1967 | |
| Potash Sulfur Springs | Vanadium | Producer | 1960, 1966, 1983 | |
| Smith Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Union Carbide Pit | Vanadium | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fountain Lake | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Gulpha (historical) | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Euclid Heights | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Spring Lake (historical) | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Potash Sulphur Springs (historical) | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Hot Springs | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Ozark Lithia | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| High Point (historical) | 4.6 miles | 14 |
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.







