Point Peter, Arkansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Calf Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72675. It lies near Scott Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Eula quadrangle. It stands 712 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1892 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1939 USGS Snowball quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Snowball quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Snowball quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Snowball quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Eula quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
133 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Point Peter between 1994 and 2020, burning about 13,121 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 57 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/incendiarism | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 1998 | Smoking | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2001 | Natural | 4.2 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | AUGUST |
| 2 August 2012 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Buffalo National River | MCCUTCHEON GAP SOUTH |
| 24 July 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Buffalo National River | HANGOVER BLUFF |
| 20 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Buffalo National River | MT. HERSEY |
| 13 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Buffalo National River | WOOLUMPILE |
| 7 June 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 120 acres | Buffalo National River | FLAT ROCK |
| 20 June 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Buffalo National River | CAVE CREEK CHUTE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Point Peter: 6 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confederate | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Old Granby Mine | Lead, Zinc, Dolomite | Past Producer | ||
| Ragged Breeches | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Belle of Wichita Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Bald Hill | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Markham | Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Yount | Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Point Peter in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Point Peter | $10,000 | Trees were uprooted or snapped off. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woolum | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Hall (historical) | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Horn Mountain (historical) | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Eula | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Dry Creek (historical) | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Blanco | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Snowball | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Clutes (historical) | 6.2 miles | 16 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Point Peter | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14681371 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 73146. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.













