Negro Bend, Arkansas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Crook Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71675. It stands on Brown Creek. The Survey maps it on the Longview quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Negro Bend within Drew County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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.

1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Longview quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Crossett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

41 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Negro Bend (historical) between 2001 and 2019, burning about 430 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined	15
Debris and open burning	11
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Natural	5
Arson/incendiarism	3

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
7 September 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 2015	Natural	36 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 August 2006	Natural	8.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
31 August 2003	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 August 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
29 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Drew 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 Negro Bend (historical): 5 producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. 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
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Drew 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
Moody (historical)	4.1 miles	9
Shiloh	6.1 miles	9
Goose Hollow	6.7 miles	9
Carpenter	6.7 miles	9
Lacey	7.3 miles	9
Beulah	8.1 miles	9
Red Neck (historical)	9.3 miles	9
New Hope	9.5 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 79052. 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.