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Edmonson, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Cushman-Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72501. It lies near Clark Hill. The Survey maps it on the Mount Pleasant quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Edmonson within Independence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

194 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 194 fires within 5 miles of Edmonson (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 5,698 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 113 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/incendiarism113
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Debris and open burning36
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
30 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2004Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2004Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Independence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 122 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 122 workings within 5 miles of Edmonson (historical): 82 past producers, 14 unknowns, 12 prospects, 10 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Phosphorus-Phosphates, 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
Mcbride MinesMarble, Dimension, FlagstoneProducer
Meyersville SpurStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Time StokesIron, Sulfur-Pyrite, LeadOccurrence
UnkLimestone, GeneralUnknown
Williamson PropertyLimestone, High CalciumUnknownBedded limestone
Arkansas Limestone Co.Limestone, Dimension, Aluminum, StoneUnknownBedded high calcium limestone
E.B.MathesonIronProducer
Love Hollow Limestone Co.Limestone, DimensionProspect
Meyersville Spur Limestone PropertyAluminumPast ProducerSurface
Rangaire Lime PlantCalciumProducer

Every working recorded in Independence 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
Collietown1.7 miles18
Phosphate (historical)1.8 miles18
Cushman3.5 miles18
New Hope6.1 miles18
Alvis (historical)6.2 miles18
Big Spring Mill6.6 miles20
Bethesda7.0 miles18
Limedale Junction7.5 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57702. 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.