Milner, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in McNeil Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71753. It stands on Pretty Branch. The Survey maps it on the Magnolia NW quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Milner within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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.

1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Magnolia NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Magnolia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

152 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Milner (historical) between 1997 and 2018, burning about 1,134 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 52 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/undetermined	53
Arson/incendiarism	52
Debris and open burning	26
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Railroad operations and maintenance	6
Natural	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
7 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	80 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	20 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 1999	Misuse of fire by a minor	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Milner (historical): 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unk	Clay	Past Producer
	Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Saint Matthews	2.4 miles	13
Magnesia Springs	3.2 miles	14
College Hill	3.7 miles	13
Laughlin	3.8 miles	12
Lydesdale	4.3 miles	12
McNeil	4.4 miles	14
Warnock Springs	4.9 miles	14
Emon	5.5 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 59949. 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.