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Nasco, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Guion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72556. It lies near Harper Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Guion quadrangle.

Nasco within Izard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

Fires near this place

101 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Nasco between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,560 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 43 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/incendiarism43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Debris and open burning23
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1

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
3 September 2004Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2005Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2004Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 July 2012Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Izard County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Nasco: 2 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Limestone, Dimension, Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Bolt SpurLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Guion Mine & PlantSilica, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerMassive bedded St. Peter Sandstone
Alex Fulks ProspectManganeseProspect
G.F.Fulks ProspectManganeseUnknown

Every working recorded in Izard 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
Lone Star2.7 miles10
Twin Creek3.0 miles16
Brandenburg3.1 miles16
Guion3.6 miles14
Lunenburg4.9 miles10
Arkins (historical)5.4 miles16
Wolquarry6.1 miles14
Ruddells (historical)6.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57134. 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.