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Penters Bluff, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Lafferty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72561. It lies near Alexander Hill. The Survey maps it on the Bethesda quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Penters Bluff within Izard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

189 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Penters Bluff (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 5,633 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 116 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/incendiarism116
Debris and open burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2011Equipment and vehicle use15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2004Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2004Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Izard County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 97 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 97 workings within 5 miles of Penters Bluff (historical): 65 past producers, 13 unknowns, 9 prospects, 7 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Marble, Dimension. 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
Arkansas Limestone Co.Limestone, Dimension, Aluminum, StoneUnknownBedded high calcium limestone
E.B.MathesonIronProducer
Mcbride MinesMarble, Dimension, FlagstoneProducer
Rangaire Love Hollow MineCalciumProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Williamson PropertyLimestone, High CalciumUnknownBedded limestone
Meyersville SpurStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Meyersville Spur Limestone PropertyAluminumPast ProducerSurface
Stone Produducts Corp.QuarryMarble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownBedded limestone - Kimmswick formation
Blowing Cave Creek Mn LimestoneManganese, Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspect

Every working recorded in Izard 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
Crocker1.2 miles19
Myersville1.8 miles14
Lafferty3.3 miles19
Wolquarry3.8 miles14
Guion6.2 miles14
Gid7.6 miles19
Mount Pleasant8.1 miles19
Lunenburg9.7 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 81567. 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.