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Electric Springs, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Township 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72756. It lies near Dream Valley. The Survey maps it on the Rogers quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Electric Springs within Benton County

On record in Electric Springs

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

30 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Electric Springs (historical) between 1997 and 2019, burning about 388 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism6

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
29 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 April 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 April 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton 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 Springs (historical): 3 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Copper. 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
Page MineCopperProspect
UnkStoneUnknown
RogersSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Benton 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
Rogers1.2 miles18
Prairie Creek2.0 miles18
Pleasant Ridge2.1 miles18
Pleasant Hill2.4 miles18
Puckett (historical)3.1 miles18
Woods (historical)3.2 miles17
Apple Spur3.4 miles17
Little Flock3.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 75487. 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.