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Freck, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marion County Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72682. It lies near Davis Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Maumee quadrangle.

Freck within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 17 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

124 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Freck between 1992 and 2018, burning about 3,101 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 64 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/incendiarism64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Debris and open burning19
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
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
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 2004Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined34 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBuffalo National River5034 - NPS BOUNDARY
30 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Freck: 6 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Stone, 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
St Joe QuarryStoneProducer
Unknown QuarryStoneUnknown
Christie ProspectLeadOccurrence
Cobert ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Fullbright ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Lucky Dog MineLeadUnknown
Morgan ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Red Bird MineLead, ZincUnknown
San Juan ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence

Every working recorded in Marion 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
Caney3.7 miles17
Ralph4.7 miles16
Bruno4.9 miles16
Sylvia (historical)5.2 miles16
Mull5.4 miles16
Big Springs (historical)5.5 miles16
Cowan5.5 miles16
Verona6.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76971. 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.