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Magnesia Springs, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2000. It stands in McNeil Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71753. The Survey maps it on the Magnolia quadrangle.

Magnesia Springs within Columbia County

On record in Magnesia Springs

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Magnesia Springs between 1998 and 2018, burning about 838 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 24 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
Debris and open burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Arson/incendiarism24
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Natural20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2003Debris and open burning15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Magnesia Springs: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia 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
McNeil1.9 miles14
Warnock Springs2.8 miles14
Milner (historical)3.2 miles13
Lydesdale3.3 miles12
Emon3.5 miles14
Free Hope3.5 miles14
Laughlin4.1 miles12
Saint Matthews4.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58113. 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.