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Plainview, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Ellsworth Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72865. It stands on East Fork Cane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Scranton quadrangle.

Plainview within Logan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

47 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Plainview between 1992 and 2017, burning about 774 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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 burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
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 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsBIG CARTER
4 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined500 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsRED BENCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Logan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Plainview: 14 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Var ContrSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arkansas Cherry Blend Stone CoStone, DimensionPast Producer
Texas LedgestoneStone, DimensionPast Producer
Arkansas Rainbow Stone Quarry &MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Midway Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Needham Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
PattersonStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
River Mountain Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkStonePast Producer
Unk Quarries 2StonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Logan 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
Sand Ridge1.6 miles20
Wilkins1.7 miles20
Pleasant Hill2.0 miles20
Ellsworth (historical)2.3 miles20
Spielerville (historical)2.8 miles20
Subiaco2.8 miles20
Midway3.7 miles20
Prairie View4.0 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 73116. 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.