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Happy Bend, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72823. It stands on White Oak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hattieville quadrangle. It stands 318 feet above sea level.

Happy Bend within Pope County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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 Happy Bend between 1998 and 2019, burning about 981 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
7 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2011Debris and open burning13 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1998Smoking3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Happy Bend: 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
UnknownStoneUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Mobley Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pope 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
Economy2.8 miles17
Atkins3.9 miles18
Wilson5.0 miles18
Gold Hill6.9 miles18
Mars Hill7.0 miles17
Galla Rock8.0 miles18
Oak Grove8.2 miles17
Worthen8.3 miles19

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.

Wikipedia article on Happy BendAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5652491The 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 57879. 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.