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Limeville, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72501. It stands on Rocky Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bethesda quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Limeville within Independence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

59 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Limeville (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 640 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 14 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 burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2012Natural9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Independence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Limeville (historical): 6 unknowns, 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Batesville DistrictManganese, IronPast Producer1849, 1953
UnkStoneUnknown
Batesville White Lime QuarryLimestone, GeneralUnknown
Mcbride PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mcbride QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkLimestone, GeneralUnknown
BatesvilleManganeseUnknown
Sand Field ProspectManganesePast Producer1917

Every working recorded in Independence 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
Earnheart0.9 miles17
Locust Grove2.4 miles18
The Quarry2.7 miles18
Bethesda3.2 miles18
Harmontown3.3 miles18
Limedale3.3 miles20
Pattonville3.4 miles20
Cushman Junction3.5 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 81461. 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.