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Jeffrey, Arkansas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Hill Township. It lies near Purdham Hill. The Survey maps it on the North Little Rock quadrangle.

Jeffrey within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 21 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

34 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Jeffrey between 1998 and 2018, burning about 1,770 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
30 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2006Debris and open burning30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2000Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Jeffrey: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Big Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Cabot QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Little Rock MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Pulaski 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
Haig0.3 miles21
Crystal Hill0.5 miles21
Oak Grove1.4 miles21
Amboy1.9 miles21
Arrowhead Manor2.3 miles21
Foxboro2.4 miles21
Melanie Park2.6 miles21
North Oaks2.9 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57986. 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.