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East Pocahontas, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Demun Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72455. It stands on Marr Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pocahontas quadrangle.

East Pocahontas within Randolph County

On record in East Pocahontas

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 7 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

Fires near this place

37 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of East Pocahontas between 1997 and 2016, burning about 574 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning29
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
17 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2005Debris and open burning8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 May 2001Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 April 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 April 2003Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 April 2003Debris and open burning50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 April 2003Debris and open burning9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randolph County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of East Pocahontas: 3 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
UnkStoneUnknown
H M Bishop FarmIronProspect
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Randolph 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
Pocahontas0.9 miles12
Shannon2.9 miles12
Skaggs3.0 miles12
Manson3.9 miles12
Poluca (historical)3.9 miles12
Hoover Landing4.6 miles12
Running Lake (historical)4.8 miles12
Lorine5.4 miles8

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122540735The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 60440. 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.