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Mallard Point, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72653. The Survey maps it on the Clarkridge quadrangle.

Mallard Point within Baxter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

14 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Mallard Point between 1997 and 2018, burning about 327 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism3

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
23 June 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 April 1997Debris and open burning40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 March 2009Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 March 2016Debris and open burning60 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 March 2004Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 February 2002Debris and open burning20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baxter County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Mallard Point: 3 prospects. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hawkeye ProspectLead, ZincProspect
Hulsenbeck ProspectLead, ZincProspect
Morgon ProspectLead, ZincProspect

Every working recorded in Baxter 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
Lakeside Terrace1.1 miles20
Dogwood Park1.5 miles20
Kingswood Estates2.1 miles20
Custer (historical)3.0 miles18
Henderson3.5 miles18
Fawn Park3.7 miles20
Norfork Lake Estates4.8 miles18
Gamaliel5.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69397. 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.