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Dugger, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 72633. It stands on Dugget Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saint Joe quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Dugger within Searcy County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 16 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

53 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Dugger (historical) between 1997 and 2019, burning about 2,549 acres in total. None started naturally. 26 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/incendiarism26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Debris and open burning5
Smoking2

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
23 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 2006Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionMAR23585812
29 April 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Searcy County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Dugger (historical): 4 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Everton ProspectSilicaProspect
Lowery Quarry-Eros LocationStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
J W HudsonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
LowerySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Marguerite MineLead, ZincUnknown
Potts MineLead, ZincUnknown

Every working recorded in Searcy 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
Pindall3.5 miles16
Clutes (historical)5.1 miles16
Saint Joe6.5 miles16
Push8.4 miles16
Tomahawk8.9 miles17
Duff9.4 miles16
Woolum9.9 miles20
Point Peter11.3 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69957. 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.