Kings Creek, Arkansas

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1987. It stands in District 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72944. It lies near Gibson Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Abbott quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Kings Creek within Scott County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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.

1890 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
1906 USGS Barber quadrangle1:62500
1943 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:125000
1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
1947 USGS Barber quadrangle1:62500
1948 USGS Abbott quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1987 USGS Abbott quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

86 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Kings Creek (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,476 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 15 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	27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	17
Arson/incendiarism	15
Equipment and vehicle use	13
Natural	12
Recreation and ceremony	1
Smoking	1

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
6 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2000	Natural	3.0 acres	Ouachita National Forest	EAST WILDERNESS
21 September 2004	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2006	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 2006	Debris and open burning	210 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 2014	Natural	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	SCO8168464

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scott 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 Kings Creek (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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
	Sebastian County Pit	Clay	Producer

Every working recorded in Scott 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bluff Ridge (historical)	1.9 miles	22
Abbott	3.8 miles	22
Elm Park	3.9 miles	22
Lewis	4.3 miles	22
Boothe	4.3 miles	22
Hon	5.5 miles	31
Evening Shade	5.6 miles	31
Bryan	6.0 miles	31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 66296. 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.