Lucky, Arkansas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Alamo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71960. It stands on Cold Water Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bonnerdale quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lucky within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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.

1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS Bonnerdale quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Arkadelphia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

60 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Lucky (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,057 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 18 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/incendiarism	18
Debris and open burning	14
Natural	12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Recreation and ceremony	2

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
8 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Ouachita National Forest	177 W-18
6 September 2011	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 1999	Power generation/transmission/distribution	2.0 acres	Ouachita National Forest	MAZARN
28 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Ouachita National Forest	120
22 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Ouachita National Forest	JOPLIN LOG
2 September 2000	Natural	136 acres	Ouachita National Forest	DRY FORK
2 September 2000	Natural	10 acres	Ouachita National Forest	MEYERS CREEK PIT
19 September 2010	Debris and open burning	14 acres	Ouachita National Forest	DOLLAR ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Lucky (historical): 5 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone, Silica, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Montgomery County Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
No Name	Slate, Dimension	Past Producer
Plemmons Prospect	Manganese	Unknown
Starfire Mine	Quartz	Producer	1990
Unknown	Flagstone	Unknown
Unknown	Silica	Unknown
Woodall Deposit	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Unknown

Every working recorded in Montgomery 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
Alamo	1.4 miles	7
Mazarn	2.2 miles	7
Hickory Station	3.9 miles	7
Imelda (historical)	4.0 miles	7
Plata	5.2 miles	16
Joplin	5.7 miles	14
Silver	6.1 miles	15
Welsh	7.3 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 63533. 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.