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Kingdom Springs, Arkansas

17 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 stands on Moccasin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cotter SW quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Kingdom Springs within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 17 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

55 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Kingdom Springs (historical) between 1997 and 2019, burning about 688 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 20 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/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 2012Natural5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 July 2012Natural9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2005Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 May 2012Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 63 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 63 workings within 5 miles of Kingdom Springs (historical): 30 occurrences, 27 unknowns, 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Stone. 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
Beaty MineBoron-BoratesPast Producer
Flippin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Marion County Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown QuarryStoneUnknown
Unknown QuarryStoneUnknown
Unknown QuarryStoneUnknown
Big Buck ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Big Elephant MineLead, ZincUnknown
Cincinnati Bill MineLead, 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
Stone (historical)1.2 miles17
Fairview2.9 miles18
Flippin4.9 miles18
Midway5.4 miles17
Bull Shoals5.4 miles18
Summit5.8 miles17
Lakeway5.8 miles15
Dodd City7.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 61073. 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.