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Fairman, Arkansas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72117. It lies near Dark Hollow. The Survey maps it on the McAlmont quadrangle.

Fairman within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 21 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

9 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Fairman between 2001 and 2014, burning about 66 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1

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
26 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 2012Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 June 2012Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 February 2014Smoking3.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionPUL10248088
13 October 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 January 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionPUL3551562

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Fairman: 6 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Vermiculite. 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
Construction Products DivisionVermiculiteProducer
Little Rock PlantAluminum, ClayUnknown
Big Sandy No. 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bruton DepositAluminumUnknown
Bruton ExtensionAluminumUnknown
North Little Rock Plant and DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Arch Street PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cabot QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Crystal HlStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
MaumelleStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pulaski 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
Pecan Grove0.5 miles21
Protho Junction1.1 miles21
Dixie1.3 miles21
Lansbrook1.4 miles21
Booker1.5 miles21
Rose City1.5 miles21
Timber Creek1.7 miles21
Niemeyer (historical)1.7 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76897. 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.