Red Springs, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Caddo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71743. It stands on Ball Branch. The Survey maps it on the Curtis quadrangle.

Red Springs within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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.

1901 USGS Gurdon quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Curtis quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1972 USGS Gurdon quadrangle1:62500
1986 USGS Hope quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

87 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Red Springs between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,976 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 30 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	30
Debris and open burning	19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	16
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Railroad operations and maintenance	6
Natural	4
Recreation and ceremony	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
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
5 September 2005	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	177 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2006	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2001	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2004	Natural	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2004	Equipment and vehicle use	20 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 August 2015	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 August 2015	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Red Springs: 5 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unk	Clay	Past Producer
Unk	Clay	Past Producer
Hardin Lavenrne S & G	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Mine Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
R Morris	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Clark 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Smithton	4.3 miles	16
Smithton (historical)	4.5 miles	16
Shakertown	4.9 miles	15
Gurdon	4.9 miles	16
Hebron (historical)	5.0 miles	15
Kansas	5.1 miles	15
Barringer	5.3 miles	17
Whelen Springs	5.9 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57167. 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.