Round Pond, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Griggs Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72394. It stands on Tenmile Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Round Pond quadrangle.

Round Pond within St. Francis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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.

1940 USGS Whitmore quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Whitmore quadrangle1:62500
1960 USGS Whitmore quadrangle1:62500
1965 USGS Whitmore quadrangle1:62500
1984 USGS Round Pond quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Memphis West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

12 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Round Pond between 1992 and 2020, burning about 70 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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/incendiarism	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Debris and open burning	3
Natural	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
5 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
10 July 2004	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Central Arkansas Refuges Complex	ROUND POND
29 June 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
23 June 1992	Debris and open burning	24 acres	Central Arkansas Refuges Complex	ROUNDPOND1
11 June 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
10 March 2003	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
22 February 2007	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 November 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	19 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Francis 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 Round Pond: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	M Smith Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in St. Francis 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Cottonwood Corner	1.8 miles	14
Blackfish	2.0 miles	13
Hicks Station	2.2 miles	13
Whitmore	2.8 miles	13
New Home	3.1 miles	13
Lucerne	3.3 miles	13
Burnt Cane	3.4 miles	14
Clarks Corner	4.2 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 83330. 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.