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Northwood, Arkansas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 4. It lies in ZIP code area 72843. It lies near Bear Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Lost Corner quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Northwood within Pope County

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 21 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

39 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Northwood (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 722 acres in total. 3 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/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 July 2013Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsEASTFORK
26 July 2012Naturalunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsWINDMILL
26 July 2011Naturalunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsTRIGGER
3 June 2012Natural10 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsMAC
7 April 1995Debris and open burning2.5 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsNOGO
4 April 2016Debris and open burning5.6 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsARMSTEAD
4 April 1996Debris and open burning25 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsPACK
3 April 2004Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsNOGO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Northwood (historical): 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pope 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
Lost Corner2.7 miles21
Nogo2.8 miles22
Gabriel (historical)2.9 miles21
Okay (historical)3.4 miles21
Smyrna4.4 miles22
Solo5.2 miles21
Raspberry6.9 miles22
Retta7.3 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62013. 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.