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Jamestown, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Greenbrier Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72501. It lies near Tivis Flynn Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Jamestown quadrangle.

Jamestown within Independence County

On record in Jamestown

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

64 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Jamestown between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,056 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 24 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/incendiarism24
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2

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 2004Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2004Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2011Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2000Natural18 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Independence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Jamestown: 9 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Stone, Iron. 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
Crusher #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkIronUnknown
BatesvilleManganeseUnknown
GreenfieldManganeseUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Independence 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
Locust Grove2.5 miles18
McHue2.5 miles18
Desha3.0 miles18
Hutchinson3.9 miles18
Clearview Estates4.0 miles18
Riverview4.0 miles18
Bryant4.2 miles18
Southside4.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57980. 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.