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Ross, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in District 6. It lies in ZIP code area 72846. It lies near Colony Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Knoxville quadrangle. It stands 787 feet above sea level.

Ross within Pope County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

48 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Ross between 1997 and 2020, burning about 314 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined13
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2004Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 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 Ross: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Keys GapZinc, LeadPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
Unk Quarries 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Tatetown (historical)1.7 miles19
Falerno (historical)2.1 miles19
Augsburg2.9 miles19
Piney3.5 miles19
Pless (historical)3.6 miles19
Famous (historical)3.7 miles19
Silex3.7 miles14
Bullfrog Valley4.9 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on RossAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7369139The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78218. 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.