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O'Neal, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72501. It stands on Blue Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bethesda quadrangle.

O'Neal within Independence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

65 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of O'Neal between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,666 acres in total. None started naturally. 24 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/incendiarism24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
3 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1997Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Independence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of O'Neal: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension. 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
Mcbride MinesMarble, Dimension, FlagstoneProducer
Mcbride PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mcbride QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Barksdale MineManganesePast Producer1918
Caraway ProspectManganesePast Producer1918
Cason MineManganesePast Producer1928
Manganese Field MineManganesePast Producer1918
Mcbride MineManganesePast Producer1939

Every working recorded in Independence 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
Harmontown2.6 miles18
Bethesda3.9 miles18
New Hope5.2 miles18
Earnheart5.2 miles17
The Quarry5.8 miles18
Limeville (historical)5.9 miles18
Phosphate (historical)6.4 miles18
Collietown6.6 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 81882. 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.