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Jonesdale, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 11. It lies in ZIP code area 72658. It lies near Birmingham Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Norfork SE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Jonesdale within Baxter County

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

132 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Jonesdale (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,305 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 103 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/incendiarism103
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning6
Natural5
Smoking2
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

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
18 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsSPRING
15 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsTIE
14 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsFARRIS
14 September 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsMOUNTAIN
14 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsSHED
14 September 2000Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsPUSH
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baxter County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Jonesdale (historical): 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. 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
Earl Sword PropertyManganeseProspect

Every working recorded in Baxter 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
Big Flat4.7 miles18
Casteel (historical)5.9 miles19
Advance7.0 miles18
McPhearson7.6 miles17
Culp7.7 miles19
Herron8.1 miles17
Lone Rock8.5 miles17
Chastain (historical)8.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69390. 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.