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Geyer Springs, Arkansas

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Big Rock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72209. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Little Rock quadrangle.

Geyer Springs within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 surveys from 26 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

19 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Geyer Springs between 1997 and 2017, burning about 103 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 burning8
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
16 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2007Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2006Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2012Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2012Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 June 2011Misuse of fire by a minor10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Geyer Springs: 28 unknowns, 6 producers, 3 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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
Construction Products DivisionVermiculiteProducer
Arkansas Calcine MillClayProducer
Elkins PitClayProducer
North Little Rock Plant and DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Arch Street PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Arch Street QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Crystal HlStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Berger PlantAluminumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pulaski 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
Applegate0.5 miles26
Gum Springs0.5 miles26
Meadowcliff0.9 miles26
Wakefield Village1.1 miles26
Arbor Cove1.1 miles26
Ponderosa1.5 miles26
Douglasville1.6 miles26
Beverly Terrace1.7 miles26

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122549740The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57812. 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.