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Parkers, Arkansas

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Big Rock Township. The Survey maps it on the Spring Lake quadrangle.

Parkers within Pulaski County

On record in Parkers

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 22 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

169 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Parkers between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,271 acres in total. 3 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 burning68
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Arson/incendiarism27
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Smoking3
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 53 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Parkers: 49 unknowns, 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Elkins PitClayProducer
Sweet Home Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Alford-Ross DepositAluminumUnknown
Bates DepositAluminumUnknown
Berger PlantAluminumPast Producer
Birnbach DepositAluminumUnknown
Brown DepositAluminumUnknown
Coe DepositAluminumUnknown
Cole DepositAluminumUnknown
Concentration PlantAluminumUnknown

Every working recorded in Pulaski 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
Landmark0.5 miles22
Woodland Ridge1.5 miles26
Iron Springs2.1 miles22
Ironton2.2 miles26
Brittain2.7 miles26
Guilford (historical)2.8 miles26
Deer Meadow2.9 miles26
American Manor3.0 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77954. 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.