Redbird, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Black Springs Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71960. The Survey maps it on the Oden quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Redbird within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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.

1890 USGS Mount Ida quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1890 USGS Mt Ida quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Oden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Lake Ouachita quadrangle1:100000
1985 USGS Oden quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Redbird (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,127 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 19 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	19
Natural	16
Debris and open burning	11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
15 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	35 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 2011	Natural	563 acres	Ouachita National Forest	BEECH CREEK
14 September 2011	Natural	705 acres	Ouachita National Forest	CHRISOPHER MOUNTAIN
14 September 2011	Natural	5.0 acres	Ouachita National Forest	SULPHUR CREEK
11 September 2006	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
8 August 2005	Natural	12 acres	Ouachita National Forest	LONG MOUNTAIN
5 August 2011	Natural	38 acres	Ouachita National Forest	SULPHUR SPRINGS 3
4 August 2011	Natural	under an acre	Ouachita National Forest	SULPHUR SPRINGS 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Redbird (historical): 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Quartz, 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Hoyt-Williams Prospect	Barium-Barite	Unknown
	Mcgrew Mine	Quartz	Producer	1986, 1988

Every working recorded in Montgomery 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
Union Hill	2.6 miles	15
Gaston	3.0 miles	15
Mimosa	3.5 miles	15
Alf	4.1 miles	15
Sulphur Springs	4.5 miles	15
Cox Spring	5.0 miles	15
Huddleston	5.0 miles	15
Slatington (historical)	5.3 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 63604. 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.