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Reeves, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Kentucky Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72752. It stands on Reeves Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Boxley quadrangle.

Reeves within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

18 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Reeves between 1998 and 2018, burning about 656 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
24 July 2014Debris and open burning70 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionMAD18797965
22 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 April 2011Debris and open burning18 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsTOWER
19 April 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 April 2001Arson/incendiarism60 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 April 2006Arson/incendiarism30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 April 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined116 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 April 2002Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsLOCUST FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Reeves: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead. 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
Peck MineZinc, LeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Newton 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
Ryker2.2 miles10
Mossville5.9 miles10
Boxley6.7 miles10
Shiloh7.9 miles9
Edwards Junction8.6 miles9
Loafer9.0 miles10
Arbaugh9.1 miles9
Beechwood9.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 73270. 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.