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Potash Sulphur Springs, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lake Hamilton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71901. It stands on East Branch Gulpha Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Catherine quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Potash Sulphur Springs within Garland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

142 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Potash Sulphur Springs (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 774 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 24 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 burning52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Arson/incendiarism24
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
9 September 1998Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Potash Sulphur Springs (historical): 7 past producers, 5 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Vanadium, Niobium (Columbium), Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 Power and Light Company PropertyFluorine-Fluorite, PyritePast Producer
Chamberlain CreekBarium-BariteProducer
Kimsey ProspectNiobium (Columbium), MolybdenumProducerBrookite, Molybdenite
Nichols & Campbell ProspectTitaniumProspect
No NameClayPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unk Hot SpringsStonePast Producer
Lecroy FarmNiobium (Columbium)Unknown

Every working recorded in Garland 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
Lake Catherine0.9 miles12
Spring Lake (historical)1.5 miles12
Price1.8 miles12
Gulpha (historical)2.6 miles14
Euclid Heights3.9 miles15
Dripping Springs (historical)4.2 miles14
Red Oak4.9 miles11
Hot Springs5.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64346. 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.