Electric, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jefferson Township. The Survey maps it on the Goosepond Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Electric within Saline County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

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 Goosepond Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Electric (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,796 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 34 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	34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	19
Debris and open burning	17
Natural	11
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Recreation and ceremony	5
Smoking	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
9 September 1998	Recreation and ceremony	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	79 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	45 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2016	Recreation and ceremony	7.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	6.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	11 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saline 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 Electric (historical): 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Clay, Aluminum, Silica, Titanium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Marler Mine	Aluminum, Silica	Unknown
Richardson Prospect	Titanium	Prospect
Unk	Clay	Past Producer
Hamilton Hill	Silica	Past Producer
Hogan Green Area	Silica	Unknown

Every working recorded in Saline 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Curtis (historical)	2.5 miles	15
Blocher	3.3 miles	14
Reform	5.6 miles	16
Paron	8.5 miles	16
Owensville	9.5 miles	15
Rubicon	10.5 miles	15
Crows	11.2 miles	15
Cold Springs (historical)	11.9 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65980. 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.