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Pisgah, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in District 2. It lies in ZIP code area 72858. The Survey maps it on the Holla Bend quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Pisgah within Pope County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

47 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Pisgah (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 214 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1
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
7 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2004Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2006Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Pisgah (historical): 23 unknowns, 9 producers, 6 past producers, 1 occurrence. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Clay. 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
Black-Sands DepositTitaniumOccurrence
Dierks Crystal Area No 6SilicaPast Producer
BerniceClayPast Producer
Bernice QuarryStonePast Producer
Shale PitClayUnknown
UnknownStoneUnknown
Barton QyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cabot Sandstone OperationsStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Ferguson Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
New Hope QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Pope 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
Pottsville1.5 miles19
Bethel1.7 miles19
New Hope2.6 miles19
Bernice2.8 miles19
Worthen2.9 miles19
North Dardanelle3.6 miles21
Russellville3.7 miles19
Mars Hill4.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62127. 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.