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Palestine, Arkansas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Ingram Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72455. It lies near Bald Knob. The Survey maps it on the Warm Springs quadrangle.

Palestine within Randolph County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

21 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Palestine between 1998 and 2020, burning about 252 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
19 August 2004Debris and open burning14 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2008Debris and open burning20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 April 2006Debris and open burning20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 April 2006Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 April 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 March 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined31 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randolph County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Palestine: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Randolph 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
Mock (historical)2.2 miles11
Ingram2.3 miles8
Brakebill2.9 miles11
Jerrett3.3 miles11
Antioch3.3 miles8
Hamil3.7 miles8
Warm Springs4.1 miles8
Middlebrook4.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 70193. 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.