Nuckles, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bateman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72112. It stands on Willow Slough. The Survey maps it on the Newport quadrangle.

Nuckles within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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.

1935 USGS Newport quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Newport quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1962 USGS Newport quadrangle1:62500
1966 USGS Newport quadrangle1:62500
1986 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

11 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Nuckles between 1997 and 2015, burning about 477 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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	8
Smoking	2
Debris and open burning	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
30 September 1999	Smoking	40 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	40 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 April 2015	Debris and open burning	25 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
12 March 2005	Arson/incendiarism	80 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
12 March 2005	Arson/incendiarism	80 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
12 March 2005	Arson/incendiarism	60 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
12 March 2005	Arson/incendiarism	60 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
16 February 2006	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Nuckles: 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 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
Collier Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Collier Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Newport Dredge & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Macks	3.1 miles	13
Olyphant	3.3 miles	12
Newport	4.7 miles	13
Island Town	5.0 miles	13
Old Grand Glaise	5.5 miles	12
Jacksonport	5.7 miles	13
Ingleside	5.8 miles	11
Coffeeville	5.8 miles	12

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.

Wikipedia article on Nuckles	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18355301	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 58279. 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.