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Lakeview, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 1. It lies in ZIP code area 72642. It lies near Trimble Flat. The Survey maps it on the Cotter quadrangle. 775 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 787 feet above sea level.

Lakeview within Baxter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

37 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Lakeview between 1997 and 2020, burning about 551 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined27 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 1999Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2001Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreBuffalo National RiverCOZY FIRE
17 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baxter County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Lakeview: 6 occurrences, 4 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Iron. 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
Mitchell MineLead, ZincOccurrenceGalena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Shiras MineIron, Zinc, LeadProspect
Big John ProspectLead, ZincProspect
Cedar Gap ProspectLead, ZincProspect
Robinson ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
S.P.King ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Sorrel & Stratton ProspectLead, ZincProspect
Bull Shoal MineZincOccurrenceSmithsonite, Sphalerite
Gregory MineZincOccurrenceSmithsonite, Sphalerite
Interstate Mng & Lead Co. Deposit 2ZincOccurrence

Every working recorded in Baxter County

Storms near this place

8 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lakeview in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 2013: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. The reports record 3 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2002Thunderstorm WindLakeview3 hurtThunderstorm winds, estimated between 70 and 80 mph, destroyed a large boat dock. About 40 boats were also destroyed or badly damaged. Three people that were on the dock at the time of the storm suffered minor injuries.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindLakeview$10,000Storm damage blocked Arkansas Highway 5 at Lakeview.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindLakeview$5,000Some trees were blown down.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindLakeview$5,000Several trees were blown down.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindLakeview-Thunderstorm winds blew a boat dock into a retaining wall at Lakeview.
August 2006HailLakeview-no account filed
June 2001HailLakeview-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindLakeview-no account filed

Every storm 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
Amos0.5 miles18
Monkey Run3.8 miles18
Midway4.6 miles19
Independence (historical)4.9 miles18
Whiteville5.0 miles18
Arkawana5.1 miles19
Gassville6.5 miles18
Cotter6.7 miles18

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 LakeviewAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79230The 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 77438. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.