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Martha, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Madison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71833. The Survey maps it on the Dierks quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Martha within Howard County

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

62 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Martha (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 289 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 15 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Arson/incendiarism15
Debris and open burning9
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2011Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionHOW8259771
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Martha (historical): 12 unknowns, 11 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Strontium, Barium-Barite, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Cherry DepositBarium-BariteOccurrence
Section 13 DepositBarium-BariteOccurrence
Section 16 Barite DepositBarium-BaritePast Producer
UnkBarium-BariteProspect
UnkBarium-BariteProspect
Beane ProspectStrontiumOccurrence
Dierks ProspectStrontiumOccurrence
James ProspectStrontiumOccurrence
Messer Creek ProspectStrontiumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Howard 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
Bethany0.5 miles14
Oak Hill (historical)2.3 miles14
Sunshine (historical)2.9 miles14
Mount Carmel3.0 miles14
Atwood3.1 miles14
Dierks3.3 miles14
Hattie (historical)5.1 miles12
Center Point5.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62614. 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.