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Old Cove, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71945. The Survey maps it on the Vandervoort quadrangle.

Old Cove within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

129 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Old Cove between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,552 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 70 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/incendiarism70
Debris and open burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2002Debris and open burning14 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2002Debris and open burning17 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Old Cove: 6 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite. 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
Boar TuskManganeseProspect
Boar Tusk Mountain ProspectBarium-BariteProspect
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dickey Clay Mfg. Co. DepositStonePast Producer
Rogers PitStonePast ProducerSurface
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk 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
Clayton Spur (historical)1.8 miles16
Cove2.1 miles16
Hatfield2.7 miles16
Lone Valley2.9 miles16
Pleasant Hill3.3 miles16
McCauley3.9 miles16
Buffalo (historical)4.1 miles16
Bethel Chapel4.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77903. 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.