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Ferguson Crossroads, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Days Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71854. The Survey maps it on the Fouke quadrangle. It stands 322 feet above sea level.

Ferguson Crossroads within Miller County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

253 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 253 fires within 5 miles of Ferguson Crossroads between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,392 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 67 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
Debris and open burning94
Arson/incendiarism67
Missing data/not specified/undetermined64
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined78 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionMIL15158979
7 September 2004Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miller County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Ferguson Crossroads: 30 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Hoot Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Miller 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
Sylverino1.4 miles16
Boyd1.5 miles16
Mount Pleasant3.4 miles15
Pleasant Hill4.0 miles19
Wona (historical)4.0 miles15
Genoa4.2 miles15
Roberts (historical)5.1 miles16
Gertrude5.4 miles15

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Ferguson CrossroadsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5444229The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76918. 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.