Geren, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Cane Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72863. The Survey maps it on the New Blaine quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Geren within Logan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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.

1888 USGS Dardanelle #2 quadrangle1:62500
1890 USGS Dardanelle quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS New Blaine quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1993 USGS New Blaine quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

35 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Geren (historical) between 2000 and 2017, burning about 157 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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	14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Arson/incendiarism	5
Natural	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2004	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	12 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 August 2012	Natural	7.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 2011	Natural	6.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
2 August 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
19 August 2007	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Logan County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Geren (historical): 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unk	Stone	Past Producer
	Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Logan 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
Tokalon	2.5 miles	20
Dublin	2.6 miles	20
Johnson	2.7 miles	20
Sommer (historical)	3.5 miles	20
Saint Scholastica	5.3 miles	20
Morrison Bluff	5.6 miles	20
Prairie View	5.7 miles	20
New Blaine	5.9 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64192. 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.