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Graysonia, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Caddo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71962. The Survey maps it on the Chalybeate Mountain West quadrangle.

Graysonia within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

46 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Graysonia between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,109 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 8 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
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural9
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 2000Natural250 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2000Natural30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2000Natural60 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2012Natural15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Graysonia: 11 unknowns, 7 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite, Antimony, Stone. 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
Unknown QuarryStoneUnknown
Caddo MineMercury, Diatomite, AntimonyPast ProducerCalomel, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Stibiconite, Stibnite
Humphreys MineMercury, Diatomite, AntimonyPast ProducerCalomel, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Stibiconite, Stibnite
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Clark 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
Clear Spring4.9 miles10
Meeks Settlement6.4 miles10
Pike Junction6.5 miles10
Majors6.8 miles10
Halfway6.9 miles10
Smyrna7.0 miles10
Alpine7.7 miles10
Haretown8.1 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57038. 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.