Pates, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71959. It stands on Bethel Branch. The Survey maps it on the Athens quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Pates within Howard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

1906 USGS Caddo Gap quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1936 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1936 USGS Athens quadrangle1:48000
1942 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Arkadelphia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

109 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Pates (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,166 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 57 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/incendiarism	57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	26
Debris and open burning	13
Natural	10
Equipment and vehicle use	3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 2006	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	570 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	BUD SHAW
5 September 2010	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	6.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2004	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard 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 Pates (historical): 3 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Lead, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Henry Lode Property	Lead, Zinc	Occurrence
Shale Pit	Clay	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Howard 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Brushy (historical)	0.9 miles	16
Rough Edge (historical)	1.2 miles	14
Bethel (historical)	1.7 miles	18
Mouton (historical)	2.0 miles	18
Davis Ford	2.1 miles	14
Old Thompson (historical)	2.6 miles	16
Slip-Up and Hitch (historical)	2.6 miles	12
New Thompson (historical)	2.7 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62650. 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.