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Keystone, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marion County Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72687. It lies near Silver Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Cozahome quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Keystone within Marion County

On record in Keystone

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 16 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

123 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Keystone (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 7,654 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 56 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/incendiarism56
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Debris and open burning19
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism80 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Arson/incendiarism40 acresBuffalo National RiverLEON
3 September 1995Arson/incendiarism20 acresBuffalo National RiverGENE
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresBuffalo National RiverSCHNAUZER LANE
3 August 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBuffalo National RiverCLABBER GRAVEL BAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 47 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Keystone (historical): 23 past producers, 13 unknowns, 11 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Copper. 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
Corbin Lead DepositLead, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Omeara ProspectTungsten, ZincOccurrence
TomahawkCopperPast Producer
Boat CreekLead, ZincUnknown
Dry BoneLead, ZincUnknown
FoxdenLead, ZincUnknown
Lion Hill MineLead, ZincPast Producer
UnknownLead, ZincUnknown
UnknownLead, ZincUnknown
UnknownLead, ZincUnknown

Every working recorded in Marion 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
Rush2.1 miles17
Sylvia (historical)3.7 miles16
Hepsey (historical)4.6 miles18
Mull4.8 miles16
Caney5.2 miles17
Old Buffalo5.2 miles18
Hand Valley6.1 miles18
Rea Valley6.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 61027. 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.