BlockNeal Springs, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Clear Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71842. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Horatio quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1951 USGS Horatio quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Idabel quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Idabel quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
41 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Neal Springs between 1998 and 2018, burning about 318 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 17 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/incendiarism | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge | POND CREEK WF #1 |
| 27 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge | G2 FIRE |
| 19 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Neal Springs: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horatio | 1.3 miles | 10 | |
| Norwoodville | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Williamson | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| West Otis | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Wade | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Walnut Springs | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Process City | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Dilworth | 6.7 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122549968 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58242. 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.