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Peach, Arkansas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Mammoth Spring Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72554. It lies near Long Run Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Mammoth Spring quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Peach within Fulton County

On record in Peach

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

5 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

87 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Peach (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,032 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 burning43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2001Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2012Arson/incendiarism22 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2012Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Peach (historical): 2 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Silver. 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
Joe Kolosky ProspectLead, SilverProspect
Arthur ArnoldIronOccurrenceSurface
Ragan MineIronPast Producer
Ray Gladden PropertyIronProspect1895
Unknown - LimoniteIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fulton 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
Mammoth Spring1.6 miles7
Frickenger (historical)3.8 miles7
King5.1 miles7
Many Islands6.1 miles7
Fryatt6.8 miles8
Baker Ford7.2 miles7
Woodland Hills7.5 miles8
Saddle10.4 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 63058. 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.