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Fairview, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Long Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72650. It stands on Long Creek. The Survey maps it on the Landis quadrangle.

Fairview within Searcy County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

57 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,280 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 36 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/incendiarism36
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
9 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2011Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 2006Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 July 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 May 2005Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 April 2016Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Searcy County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fairview: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Manganese, Quartz, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Orville Pemberton placeManganese, Quartz, Iron, Phosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
UnkClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Searcy 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
Landis2.4 miles15
Rock Springs2.6 miles15
Barren Hollow3.5 miles15
Shilo (historical)3.6 miles15
Harriet3.8 miles15
Lone Pine4.4 miles15
Begley (historical)4.8 miles15
Thola5.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 71575. 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.