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Nugulf, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1989. It stands in El Dorado Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71730. The Survey maps it on the El Dorado West quadrangle.

Nugulf within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

124 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Nugulf between 1997 and 2019, burning about 446 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined44
Debris and open burning33
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural10
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3

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
8 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Nugulf: 12 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Bromine, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur, Clay. 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
El Dorado Brick Works Pit and PlantBrick ClayPast Producer
El Dorado Monument WorksStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
El Dorado Sulphur PlantSulfurProducer
UnkClayPast Producer
Bounds PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jet Asphalt & Rock CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ouchita Aggregate Co,IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arkansas Chemicals,IncBrominePast Producer
Great Lakes Chemical MarysvilleBrominePast Producer

Every working recorded in Union 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
Herma0.9 miles15
Quinn2.4 miles15
El Dorado3.4 miles19
Smithville3.4 miles18
Norphlet4.9 miles17
Nick Springs5.2 miles18
Old Union5.2 miles18
Perdue City5.2 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 Q122540725The 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 58280. 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.