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Segur, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Caney Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71943. The Survey maps it on the Glenwood quadrangle.

Segur within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

87 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Segur between 1995 and 2019, burning about 565 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 9 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 burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Railroad operations and maintenance18
Natural11
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery 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 Segur: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese. 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
Nelson MineManganesePast Producer1915
Shields Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Montgomery 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
Welsh1.6 miles7
Hickory Station (historical)2.7 miles16
Hickory Station4.1 miles7
Imelda (historical)5.9 miles7
Mazarn6.4 miles7
Caddo Gap6.8 miles16
Plata7.0 miles16
Lucky (historical)7.8 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 73509. 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.