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Reed, Arkansas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Strawberry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72466. The Survey maps it on the Poughkeepsie quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Reed within Sharp County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

89 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Reed (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,811 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 44 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/incendiarism44
Debris and open burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1

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 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism42 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sharp County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Reed (historical): 14 past producers, 13 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Iron, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Bruce FarmLead, Silver, ZincOccurrence
CalamineLead, ZincPast Producer
Fugate HollowZinc, DolomiteProspect
UnkStoneUnknown
Gibson-FinchLeadPast Producer
Mccaa ProspectsLeadPast Producer
UnkZinc, LeadPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkZinc, LeadPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Sharp 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
Nelsonville0.2 miles8
Poughkeepsie2.8 miles8
Bridgeport (historical)2.9 miles8
Calamine4.5 miles8
Balboa (historical)4.8 miles8
Center6.9 miles9
Amateur (historical)7.0 miles8
Sitka7.9 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 66170. 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.