Lockheart, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Black River-Marshell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72524. It stands on Little Creek. The Survey maps it on the Strawberry quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lockheart within Independence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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.

1932 USGS Strawberry quadrangle1:62500
1935 USGS Strawberry quadrangle1:62500
1941 USGS Strawberry quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Strawberry quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

16 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Lockheart (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 241 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined	8
Debris and open burning	5
Natural	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
25 September 1999	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 August 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
26 July 1997	Natural	15 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
1 April 2003	Debris and open burning	25 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
1 April 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 March 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	75 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
20 March 2014	Debris and open burning	40 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	IND17443196
3 February 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Independence County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lockheart (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Harris Property	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Dowdy	1.8 miles	12
Hazel Grove	3.4 miles	12
Lockheart	3.8 miles	10
Cord	5.1 miles	12
Walnut Grove	5.5 miles	11
Dota	7.1 miles	11
Charlotte	8.6 miles	11
Pleasant Hill	9.5 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 68022. 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.