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Little Buffalo, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72648. It lies near Stringtown Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Jasper quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Little Buffalo within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 13 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

118 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Little Buffalo (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,332 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 36 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Arson/incendiarism36
Debris and open burning27
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2003Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBuffalo National RiverCROW HOLE #1
10 August 2012Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBuffalo National RiverSOUTH OF PRUITT
21 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2006Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Little Buffalo (historical): 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead. 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
Lee Roy MineLead, ZincUnknown
Ozark Rock Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkStonePast Producer
Tom Hill PropertyZincOccurrence
J A LowrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Newton County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pruitt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Newton 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
Pruitt1.1 miles13
Flatwoods2.8 miles13
Wells Creek (historical)3.3 miles13
The Basin3.9 miles13
Jasper4.2 miles13
Dogpatch4.3 miles13
Hasty4.7 miles13
Sulphur Spring (historical)5.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69925. 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.