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Gum 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 Coleman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Little Rock quadrangle.

Gum 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

33 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Gum Springs between 1997 and 2019, burning about 192 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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
Arson/incendiarism10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning8
Misuse of fire by a minor3
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
9 September 2016Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2016Arson/incendiarism7.0 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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 54 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 54 workings within 5 miles of Gum Springs: 38 unknowns, 12 producers, 4 past producers. 12 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
North Little Rock Plant and DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Arkansas Calcine MillClayProducer
Elkins PitClayProducer
HoffmanClayProducer
Little Rock Industrial Minerals PntClayProducer
Arch Street PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Arch Street QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Crystal HlStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Applegate0.4 miles26
Geyer Springs0.5 miles26
Wakefield Village0.9 miles26
Arbor Cove1.3 miles26
Meadowcliff1.4 miles26
Windamere1.8 miles26
Ponderosa1.9 miles26
Beverly Terrace2.0 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57859. 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.