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Hepsey, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marion County Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72687. It stands on Big Creek. The Survey maps it on the Big Flat quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hepsey within Marion County

On record in Hepsey

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

165 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Hepsey (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,021 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 121 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/incendiarism121
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning13
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony2
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
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsTRASH
3 September 1995Arson/incendiarism66 acresBuffalo National RiverTRAILHEAD
3 September 1995Arson/incendiarism32 acresBuffalo National RiverSAWLOG
3 September 1995Arson/incendiarism40 acresBuffalo National RiverLEON
3 September 1995Arson/incendiarism20 acresBuffalo National RiverGENE
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2011Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresBuffalo National RiverSCHNAUZER LANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Hepsey (historical): 8 occurrences, 7 past producers, 7 unknowns, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Copper. 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
Omeara ProspectTungsten, ZincOccurrence
Orville Pemberton placeManganese, Quartz, Iron, Phosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
TomahawkCopperPast Producer
Boat CreekLead, ZincUnknown
Dry BoneLead, ZincUnknown
FoxdenLead, ZincUnknown
UnknownLead, ZincUnknown
Carbonate Point ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Chickasaw MineLead, ZincUnknown
George Washington ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence

Every working recorded in Marion 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
Keystone (historical)4.6 miles16
Old Buffalo6.3 miles18
Rush6.6 miles17
Mull7.2 miles16
Sylvia (historical)7.3 miles16
Caney8.7 miles17
Hand Valley8.9 miles18
Rea Valley10.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 61029. 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.