Francis, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72601. It stands on Dry Fork. The Survey maps it on the Batavia quadrangle.

Francis within Boone County

On record in Francis

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.

Bear Creek Motellisted 2001 · 0.0 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 12 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.

1904 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:125000
1905 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Batavia quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

19 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Francis between 1997 and 2015, burning about 302 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning	13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Arson/incendiarism	2
Equipment and vehicle use	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
8 September 2005	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 2011	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 April 1997	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
13 April 2004	Arson/incendiarism	6.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
10 April 2015	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 March 2003	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 March 2003	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 March 2001	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boone County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Francis: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc. 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
Carrollton Lode Claim	Zinc	Occurrence	Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown

Every working recorded in Boone 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
Bear Creek Springs	0.4 miles	12
Ridgeway	2.2 miles	12
Little Arkansaw	2.9 miles	12
Prosperity	3.0 miles	12
Batavia	3.4 miles	12
Lick Branch	3.6 miles	12
Capps	3.9 miles	13
Grubb Springs	5.5 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69288. 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.