Jones Mills, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Magnet Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72104. It stands on Cove Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Catherine quadrangle. 411 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 312 feet above sea level.
On record in Jones Mills
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.
- Remmel Damlisted 1992 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1948 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Lake Catherine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
203 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of Jones Mills between 1997 and 2020, burning about 830 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 27 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 burning | 75 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Jones Mills: 12 past producers, 9 producers, 7 prospects, 5 unknowns. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Titanium, Stone, Vanadium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Jones Mills Smelter | Aluminum | Plant | ||
| Christy Brookite Deposit | Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | Brookite | |
| Christy Deposit. | Vanadium, Titanium, Niobium (Columbium) | Prospect | 1890, 1976 | |
| Christy Property | Molybdenum, Titanium, Metal, Niobium (Columbium), Vanadium | Producer | Molybdenite, Rutile | |
| Christy Property | Vanadium, Titanium, Metal | Prospect | 1943, 1984, 1985 | |
| Golden-Estes Property | Molybdenum | Past Producer | ||
| Kimsey Prospect | Niobium (Columbium), Molybdenum | Producer | Brookite, Molybdenite | |
| Magnet Cove Mica Deposit | Mica | Unknown | ||
| Magnet Cove Rutile Mine | Titanium, Metal, Niobium (Columbium) | Producer | Rutile | |
| Magnet Cove Titanium Corp Deposit | Titanium, Niobium (Columbium) | Past Producer | 1890, 1932 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorewood Hills | 0.4 miles | 12 | |
| Cove Creek (historical) | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Magnet Cove | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Diamondhead | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Butterfield | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Rockport | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Oak Grove | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Malvern | 6.5 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Jones Mills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6275247 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57997. 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.







