Leigo, Arkansas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Mount Pleasant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72650. It lies near Round Hill. The Survey maps it on the Moore quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Leigo within Searcy County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 21 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.

1892 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
1894 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
1901 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1939 USGS Snowball quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1941 USGS Snowball quadrangle1:62500
1942 USGS Snowball quadrangle1:62500
1949 USGS Snowball quadrangle1:62500
1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1974 USGS Snowball SW quadrangle1:24000
1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Moore quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Leigo (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 2,995 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 21 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/incendiarism	21
Debris and open burning	9
Natural	6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Recreation and ceremony	2
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
31 August 1998	Smoking	6.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
28 August 2001	Natural	4.2 acres	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	AUGUST
15 August 2012	Natural	5.0 acres	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	ICELEDO
4 May 2014	Arson/incendiarism	109 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	SEA27119892
4 April 2004	Arson/incendiarism	36 acres	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	MAGIC
23 April 2014	Arson/incendiarism	50 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	NEW1716692
18 April 1999	Arson/incendiarism	12 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
16 April 1996	Debris and open burning	370 acres	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	CURD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Searcy County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Leigo (historical): 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Turkey Fat Mine	Zinc, Lead	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Lost Mountain Mine	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Upper Cave Creek	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Searcy 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
Dry Creek (historical)	4.4 miles	20
Magic Springs	4.7 miles	20
Eula	4.8 miles	20
Horn Mountain (historical)	5.9 miles	20
Slicker (historical)	6.1 miles	19
Witts Springs	6.4 miles	20
Hall (historical)	6.4 miles	20
Snowball	7.7 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69965. 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.