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Potter Junction, Arkansas

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Potter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71953. It stands on McKinney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Potter quadrangle. It stands 1,027 feet above sea level.

Potter Junction within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

60 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Potter Junction between 1996 and 2019, burning about 836 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 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 burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural4
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresOuachita National ForestTITSWORTH
27 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOuachita National ForestMILL CREEK
19 September 2001Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Potter Junction: 7 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite. 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
Bee MountainBarium-BariteProspect
Don H WilliamsBarium-BariteProspect
Two Mile Creek ProspectsBarium-BariteProspect
Berg Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dierks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerBedded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk 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
Potter1.8 miles22
Gann (historical)2.1 miles22
Shady Grove3.0 miles22
Olivers Chapel3.2 miles22
Two Mile (historical)3.5 miles22
Mena4.3 miles20
Rocky4.4 miles22
Dallas4.7 miles20

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 Potter JunctionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7235277The 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 73178. 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.