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Eagle Mills, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71720. The Survey maps it on the Eagle Mills quadrangle.

Eagle Mills within Ouachita County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

175 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Eagle Mills between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,161 acres in total. 15 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/undetermined40
Debris and open burning27
Equipment and vehicle use20
Natural15
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony3

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
9 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2011Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2003Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ouachita County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Eagle Mills: 22 past producers, 6 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Eagle MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fairchild PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Millville Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ouachita County

Storms near this place

3 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eagle Mills in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2001: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2001HailEagle Mills-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindEagle Mills-no account filed
April 1999HailEagle Mills-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ouachita 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
Shumaker1.3 miles16
Onalaska (historical)2.1 miles16
Lilley (historical)2.2 miles16
Salem2.6 miles16
Millville3.2 miles16
Vanduzer4.2 miles15
Harmony Grove4.6 miles15
Camark4.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57692. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.