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Mount Pleasant, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It lies in ZIP code area 71860. The Survey maps it on the Falcon quadrangle.

Mount Pleasant within Nevada County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

89 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Mount Pleasant between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,432 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined30
Arson/incendiarism21
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural7
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Arson/incendiarism60 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2004Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2011Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Mount Pleasant: 13 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
Wilcox GroupClayUnknown
Stevens Brothers Sand And GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Falcon OperationsIronPast Producer
Johnson & BillingsleyIronPast Producer
UnkIronPast Producer
UnkIronPast Producer
UnkIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Nevada 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
Falcon4.3 miles12
Sanders7.4 miles13
Register (historical)8.2 miles15
Bodcaw8.3 miles15
Stockton9.7 miles13
Azor9.9 miles15
Delta11.1 miles13
Willisville11.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57131. 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.