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Saint Scholastica, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Shoal Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72851. It stands on Pee Dee Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Blaine quadrangle.

Saint Scholastica within Logan County

On record in Saint Scholastica

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

39 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Saint Scholastica between 1994 and 2017, burning about 1,155 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 6 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural5
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
29 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2008Arson/incendiarism1.4 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsREDS FIRE
20 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined500 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2006Natural1.3 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsBROCK #2
17 September 1999Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National Forestsnot named
1 September 2000Natural262 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsBROCK CREEK
6 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Logan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Saint Scholastica: 15 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arkansas Cherry Blend Stone CoStone, DimensionPast Producer
Texas LedgestoneStone, DimensionPast Producer
Arkansas Rainbow Stone Quarry &MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Midway Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Needham Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
River Mountain Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rv MtnStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Logan 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
Shoal Creek1.1 miles20
Sommer (historical)2.0 miles20
New Blaine2.5 miles20
Johnson2.8 miles20
Midway3.5 miles20
Prairie View3.6 miles20
Dublin4.0 miles20
Tokalon5.0 miles20

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.

Wikidata item Q122594100The 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 64189. 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.