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Mount Pleasant, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Garland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71854. The Survey maps it on the Mandeville quadrangle.

Mount Pleasant within Miller County

On record in Mount Pleasant

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

232 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 232 fires within 5 miles of Mount Pleasant between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,378 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 46 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 burning87
Missing data/not specified/undetermined67
Arson/incendiarism46
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined78 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2004Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2011Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 634
5 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miller County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Mount Pleasant: 21 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
GallagherClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
Hoot Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hoot PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
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 Miller 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
Wona (historical)1.5 miles15
Gertrude2.2 miles15
Ferguson Crossroads3.4 miles16
Lakewood Estates3.5 miles15
Boyd3.8 miles16
Genoa3.8 miles15
Pleasant Hill4.7 miles19
Rondo4.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58226. 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.