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Meeks Settlement, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Caddo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71962. It stands on Little Antoine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Antoine quadrangle.

Meeks Settlement within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

57 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Meeks Settlement between 1993 and 2018, burning about 387 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 13 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 burning22
Arson/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
28 September 2011Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance102 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2005Debris and open burning19 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Meeks Settlement: 6 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Unknown QuarryStoneUnknown
Arkansas PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Delight PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Clark 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
Pike Junction1.1 miles10
Haretown1.7 miles10
Clear Spring2.1 miles10
Smyrna3.1 miles10
Okolona4.2 miles15
Love Creek4.2 miles10
Halfway4.8 miles10
Bethel5.7 miles10

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122594988The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 51898. 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.