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Ico, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Simpson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72150. It stands on Caple Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cane Creek quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ico within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

185 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Ico (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,308 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 49 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 burning80
Arson/incendiarism49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Natural14
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2

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/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2004Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2004Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2010Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Ico (historical): 21 unknowns. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Grant 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
Cane Creek1.0 miles10
Obin (historical)4.0 miles10
Orion5.3 miles10
Belfast6.4 miles10
Walnut Ridge7.2 miles12
Amber (historical)8.2 miles12
Ebb9.6 miles9
Center Grove10.1 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 60629. 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.