Forgy, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1989. It stands in County Line Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71852. The Survey maps it on the Mineral Springs North quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Forgy within Howard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

1951 USGS Mineral Springs North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Hope quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

80 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Forgy (historical) between 1997 and 2019, burning about 424 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 29 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	29
Debris and open burning	24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Natural	5
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Smoking	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	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 2005	Railroad operations and maintenance	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	13 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2015	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard 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 Forgy (historical): 7 unknowns, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Titanium, Metal. 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	Recorded
Beulah Green-Pink Green Placer	Titanium, Metal	Occurrence	Ilmenite
Adolph Chanosky Deposit	Titanium	Occurrence
Unknown	Titanium	Occurrence
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Howard 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
Blue Bayou	1.6 miles	14
Mount Olive (historical)	2.0 miles	14
Temperanceville	3.6 miles	14
Amity (historical)	3.8 miles	14
Wakefield (historical)	4.1 miles	14
Midway	4.3 miles	14
Nashville	5.1 miles	14
Chapel Hill	5.3 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62584. 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.