Mount Zion, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Big Bottom-Wycough-Logan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72562. It stands on Fivemile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newark quadrangle.

Mount Zion within Independence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

1935 USGS Newport quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Newark quadrangle1:24000
1962 USGS Newark quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1962 USGS Newport quadrangle1:62500
1966 USGS Newport quadrangle1:62500
1986 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

37 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Mount Zion between 1997 and 2017, burning about 530 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 burning	15
Arson/incendiarism	10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Equipment and vehicle use	4

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
4 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1999	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 August 1997	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
26 August 2006	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
23 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	45 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
18 August 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 July 2006	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Independence County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Mount Zion: 4 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
River Sand & Gravel Dredge	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk Gravel Pits 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Independence 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
Mount Carmel	1.3 miles	14
Newark	2.1 miles	14
Pleasant Hill	3.4 miles	11
Magness	3.5 miles	14
Underwood (historical)	4.0 miles	14
Sulphur Rock	4.3 miles	20
Akron (historical)	4.5 miles	14
Paroquet	5.0 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 68030. 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.