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Old Bonnerdale, Arkansas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71933. The Survey maps it on the Bonnerdale quadrangle.

Old Bonnerdale within Garland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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

111 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Old Bonnerdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,312 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 27 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
Debris and open burning54
Arson/incendiarism27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
9 September 2003Arson/incendiarism30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresOuachita National Forest120
27 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2011Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garland 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 Old Bonnerdale: 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Silica, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Hendrickson Clay DepositClayUnknown
Plemmons ProspectManganeseUnknown
UnknownSilicaUnknown
Woodall DepositPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown

Every working recorded in Garland 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
Meyers4.4 miles8
Pearcy5.7 miles8
Peak5.9 miles7
Oma6.8 miles8
Maddox7.8 miles8
Chandler8.0 miles8
Lofton8.5 miles8
Crystal Springs8.7 miles15

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 Q122540762The 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 77900. 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.