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Helbig, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Muddy Fork Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71958. It lies near Beacon Hill. The Survey maps it on the Narrows Dam quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Helbig within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

48 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Helbig (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 386 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 6 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
Natural11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2

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 2000Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2010Natural18 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Helbig (historical): 19 past producers, 13 unknowns, 8 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Gap Ridge MineMercury, Arsenic, Antimony, Silver, ZincPast Producer1931
Parker Hill MineAntimony, MercuryPast Producer1931
Unknown QuarryStoneUnknown
Craig MineMercury, AntimonyPast ProducerCalomel, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Stibiconite, Stibnite
East Gap Ridge MineMercury, AntimonyPast Producer1931
Hales MineMercury, AntimonyPast Producer1940
Mercury District of Southwest ArkansasMercury, AntimonyPast Producer1930, 1931, 1944
Parnell Hill MineMercury, AntimonyPast Producer1931
U.S. Mercury Co. MineMercury, AntimonyPast ProducerCalomel, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Stibiconite, Stibnite
Murfreesboro Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Pike 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
Crawford (historical)1.6 miles11
Mount Moriah3.1 miles13
Abner (historical)3.5 miles14
Stephenson (historical)4.1 miles13
Norvelle (historical)4.1 miles12
Nathan4.6 miles12
Stanley (historical)5.4 miles14
Murfreesboro5.7 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64617. 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.