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Lone Valley, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71945. It stands on Mike Creek. The Survey maps it on the Vandervoort quadrangle.

Lone Valley within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

96 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Lone Valley between 1996 and 2020, burning about 940 acres in total. 6 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
Arson/incendiarism36
Debris and open burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2

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 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresOuachita National ForestTITSWORTH
20 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOuachita National ForestMILL CREEK
2 September 2002Debris and open burning14 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Lone Valley: 8 past producers, 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Barium-Barite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Boar TuskManganeseProspect
Dickey Clay Mfg. Co. DepositStonePast Producer
Rogers PitStonePast ProducerSurface
Bee MountainBarium-BariteProspect
Boar Tusk Mountain ProspectBarium-BariteProspect
Dierks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerBedded
Two Mile Creek ProspectsBarium-BariteProspect
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk 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
McCauley2.8 miles16
Clayton Spur (historical)2.9 miles16
Old Cove2.9 miles16
Hatfield3.2 miles16
Two Mile (historical)3.4 miles22
Bethel Chapel5.0 miles16
Cove5.1 miles16
Pleasant Hill5.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 63215. 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.