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Maple Springs, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Rosie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72571. It lies near Crow Island. The Survey maps it on the Salado quadrangle.

Maple Springs within Independence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

60 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Maple Springs between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,365 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 22 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/incendiarism22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Debris and open burning12
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
9 September 1999Debris and open burning50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2014Arson/incendiarism12 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionIND28418867
16 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2006Arson/incendiarism30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2000Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 1997Natural35 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 July 2006Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Independence County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Maple Springs: 5 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
River Sand & Gravel DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Oil Trough2.7 miles14
Rosie2.7 miles17
Departe (historical)2.9 miles15
Akron (historical)3.9 miles14
Dunnington4.4 miles14
Thida4.7 miles12
Magness4.9 miles14
Huff5.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77592. 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.