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Norfork Village, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 11. It lies in ZIP code area 72658. It sits by White Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Norfork quadrangle.

Norfork Village within Baxter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Norfork Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,600 acres in total. None started naturally. 29 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/incendiarism29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
19 September 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2012Debris and open burning42 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsFLOWER CREEK
24 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsMATNEY
9 July 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baxter County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Norfork Village: 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Mercury, Zinc, Stone. 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
MeerscheidtLead, Mercury, ZincProspect
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Baxter 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
Arkana1.2 miles17
Norfork1.5 miles17
Salesville2.7 miles17
Shipp2.9 miles17
Lone Rock3.5 miles17
Chastain (historical)3.5 miles17
Briarcliff3.8 miles18
Spencer (historical)4.0 miles18

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 Q122570264The 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 69416. 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.