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Pippin, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Township 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72732. The Survey maps it on the Pea Ridge quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Pippin within Benton 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

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Pippin (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,117 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 30 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/incendiarism30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Natural10
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
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
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresPea Ridge National Military ParkFUELBURN
5 September 2012Naturalunder an acrePea Ridge National Military ParkKOA CAMPGROUND
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePea Ridge National Military ParkTOURROAD
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresPea Ridge National Military ParkNIGHTTIME
2 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePea Ridge National Military ParkFORD ROAD WF
6 August 2012Natural10 acresPea Ridge National Military ParkGUTHRIE ROAD
20 August 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acrePea Ridge National Military Park19 DODD ROAD WF
19 August 2001Debris and open burning3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton 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
Line Store (historical)0.3 miles18
Elkhorn Tavern2.8 miles18
Buttry (historical)3.0 miles18
Hill Top3.5 miles15
Garfield4.1 miles15
Osborn (historical)4.4 miles15
Hurd (historical)4.5 miles15
Leetown4.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 75965. 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.