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Friendship, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Whiteville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71665. The Survey maps it on the Calmer quadrangle.

Friendship within Cleveland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

Fires near this place

121 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Friendship between 2001 and 2017, burning about 903 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 25 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 burning51
Arson/incendiarism25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2

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 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cleveland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Friendship: 10 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Titanium. 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
Arkansas Bauxite DistrictAluminum, TitaniumProducerWEATHERING RESIDUAL
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 Cleveland 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
Oak Grove2.0 miles12
Calmer2.8 miles12
Lehigh (historical)3.1 miles9
Randall3.2 miles9
Mount Zion5.0 miles9
Eunice5.1 miles16
Dialton (historical)5.5 miles9
Rowell6.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57022. 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.