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Reed, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Muddy Fork Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71852. It stands on Briar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nathan quadrangle.

Reed within Howard 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

44 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Reed between 1993 and 2017, burning about 1,307 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 20 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/incendiarism20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
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
7 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2004Natural8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.9 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Reed: 24 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Mercury, Strontium. 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
V. B. Lewis PitStrontiumUnknown
Floyd ProspectMercuryOccurrence1933
Henry PlacerMercuryOccurrencePlacer
Hintz ProspectMercuryPast Producer
Pyle ProspectMercuryPast ProducerCinnabar
Rock Fence ProspectMercuryPast ProducerCinnabar
Howard County GypsumGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Unknown MineGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown

Every working recorded in Howard 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
Perkins1.2 miles12
Briar1.2 miles12
Corinth3.5 miles12
Muddy Fork3.7 miles12
Green Plains5.9 miles12
Pump Springs (historical)6.4 miles12
Chapel Hill6.8 miles14
Center Point6.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62662. 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.