Serepta Springs, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Georgia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71857. It stands on Cantley Branch. The Survey maps it on the Laneburg quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Serepta Springs within Nevada County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

1901 USGS Gurdon quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Laneburg quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Hope quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

95 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Serepta Springs (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,080 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 26 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/undetermined	33
Arson/incendiarism	26
Debris and open burning	20
Natural	7
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Smoking	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
3 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	32 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2015	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	16 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 2005	Natural	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Serepta Springs (historical): 4 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Rosston Deposits	Iron	Past Producer
Unk	Iron	Past Producer
Unk	Iron	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Nevada 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
Morris	2.2 miles	16
Mount Moriah	2.3 miles	15
New Mount Moriah (historical)	2.6 miles	15
Laneburg	3.4 miles	15
Cale	3.7 miles	16
Dills Mills	4.4 miles	16
Rosston	5.1 miles	15
Oak Grove	5.2 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 60392. 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.