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Pegg Addition, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Ruddell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72501. It stands on Stillhouse Branch. The Survey maps it on the Batesville quadrangle.

Pegg Addition within Independence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 20 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

43 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Pegg Addition between 1997 and 2020, burning about 290 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2000Natural18 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 June 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 April 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Independence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Pegg Addition: 13 producers, 13 unknowns, 7 past producers, 3 prospects. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
BatesvillePlatinum, Limestone, DimensionOccurrenceUnknown
Rutherford Hollow Mn LimestoneManganese, Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspect
Stone Products CorpMarble, DimensionUnknown
Texas Lime Co PlantLimestone, DimensionProducer
Texas Line Co PitLimestone, DimensionProducer
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
Arkansas Lime CoStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Batesville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Independence 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
Bryant Woodland Heights0.3 miles20
Eastwood Addition0.4 miles20
College Heights Addition0.8 miles20
Wolford Addition0.8 miles20
Batesville1.0 miles20
Rogers Addition1.3 miles20
Dennison Heights1.7 miles18
Bryant1.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 68040. 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.