Nix, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Nix Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71763. It stands on Hall Creek. The Survey maps it on the Princeton West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Nix within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

1903 USGS Camden quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Princeton West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Princeton quadrangle1:62500
1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000
1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

57 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Nix (historical) between 1997 and 2018, burning about 352 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 14 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	18
Arson/incendiarism	14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Natural	7
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	1

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
9 September 2014	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	DAL22268692
9 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	20 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2006	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
1 September 2000	Natural	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Nix (historical): 3 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Clay. 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
Manning Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Unk	Silica	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Dallas 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
Manning	3.6 miles	8
Wave	4.3 miles	8
Cruse (historical)	4.7 miles	16
Welchs Shop (historical)	5.2 miles	8
Princeton	6.5 miles	16
New Hope	6.7 miles	15
Fairview	7.1 miles	15
Sparkman	7.1 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 60973. 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.