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Lissie, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Antoine Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71958. The Survey maps it on the Murfreesboro NE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lissie within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

50 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Lissie (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 661 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 9 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
Equipment and vehicle use14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural5

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
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2011Arson/incendiarism12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2015Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Lissie (historical): 13 past producers, 7 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Antimony, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite. 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
Pigeon Roost Mountain DepositBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Craig MineMercury, AntimonyPast ProducerCalomel, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Stibiconite, Stibnite
Interstate Mill (Facility)Mercury, AntimonyPlantCalomel, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Stibiconite, Stibnite
Mac-Holmes MineMercury, AntimonyPast Producer1931
Mercury District of Southwest ArkansasMercury, AntimonyPast Producer1930, 1931, 1944
U.S. Mercury Co. MineMercury, AntimonyPast ProducerCalomel, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Stibiconite, Stibnite

Every working recorded in Pike 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
Rabell (historical)2.3 miles12
Stanley (historical)3.2 miles14
Wright (historical)4.5 miles12
Abner (historical)4.8 miles14
Kirby4.9 miles17
Arp (historical)5.3 miles13
Pike City5.3 miles12
Elk (historical)5.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64623. 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.