Gum Springs, Arkansas

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

Gum Springs 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.

1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Fordyce NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000
1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

39 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Gum Springs between 2001 and 2020, burning about 224 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	17
Debris and open burning	12
Arson/incendiarism	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Smoking	2
Natural	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
5 September 2010	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 2006	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 August 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
22 August 2005	Natural	25 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
2 August 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 July 2008	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 June 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cleveland County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Gum Springs: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Canoe Landing	2.4 miles	12
Unionville (historical)	4.0 miles	12
White Oak Bluff	4.0 miles	9
Staves	4.2 miles	9
Rison	4.7 miles	12
Dwight (historical)	5.2 miles	12
Trigg (historical)	5.7 miles	12
Pool (historical)	6.3 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57858. 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.