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Rock Springs, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 4. It lies in ZIP code area 72843. The Survey maps it on the Hector quadrangle.

Rock Springs within Pope County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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

68 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Rock Springs between 1995 and 2020, burning about 484 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 16 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
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Natural5
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsCLUB RICK
6 September 2011Debris and open burning12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2000Smoking3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Debris and open burning50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2007Smoking5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Rock Springs: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Jack Duvall Quarry & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pope County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Pope 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
Caglesville2.5 miles16
Hector2.6 miles16
Leta (historical)2.7 miles16
Boiling Springs (historical)3.2 miles16
Walnut Grove3.6 miles16
Scottsville4.0 miles20
Welcome4.0 miles16
Moreland4.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62049. 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.