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Morris Ferry, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1990. It stands in District 1. It lies in ZIP code area 71866. It stands on Caney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cerrogordo quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Morris Ferry within Little River County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Morris Ferry (historical) between 1997 and 2019, burning about 563 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 25 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/incendiarism25
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresPond Creek National Wildlife RefugePOND CREEK WF #1
27 September 2002Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2000Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2011Natural1.0 acresPond Creek National Wildlife RefugeG2 FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Little River County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Morris Ferry (historical): 13 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
UnkLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Little River 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
Billingsleys Corner1.8 miles11
Oak Grove2.6 miles11
Jewell3.0 miles11
Cross Roads3.7 miles11
Winthrop4.2 miles10
Cerrogordo5.3 miles11
Lippton (historical)8.1 miles10
Eastport8.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 60143. 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.