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Lignite, Arkansas

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Bauxite Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72011. It stands on Cold Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bryant quadrangle.

Lignite within Saline County

On record in Lignite

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

15 surveys from 23 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

181 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of Lignite between 1997 and 2020, burning about 823 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 53 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/incendiarism53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined51
Debris and open burning51
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony2

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
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2015Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minor20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2014Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionSAL22536123

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saline County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 57 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 57 workings within 5 miles of Lignite: 38 unknowns, 8 producers, 8 past producers, 1 occurrence. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Clay, Niobium (Columbium), Kaolin, Aluminum. 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
Alcoa Arkansas OperationsAluminum, Gallium, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, FreeProducer1886, 1952
Arkansas Bauxite RegionKaolin, AluminumProducer1887, 1896
Belvedere S & G Co. Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bryant MillTalc-Soapstone, Slate, DimensionProducer
Hurricane Creek DepositNiobium (Columbium)Occurrence
Milwhite BariteBarium-BariteProducer
Quapaw Bauxite MineAluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, FreePast Producer1920, 1932
Republic Mining & Mgf. Co.IronUnknown
Saline CountyAluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, FreeProspect1887
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Saline County

Storms near this place

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lignite in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
June 2012Thunderstorm WindLignite$1,000Limbs were blown down onto W. Sardis Rd.

Every storm recorded in Saline 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
Pine Haven0.2 miles23
Dirtdauber (historical)0.9 miles23
Goodman0.9 miles23
Gibbons (historical)1.8 miles23
Bauxite1.8 miles23
Brooks2.1 miles23
Brooks (historical)2.2 miles23
Bauxite Junction2.2 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58067. 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.