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Sharp, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Gainsboro Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72501. The Survey maps it on the Sulphur Rock quadrangle.

Sharp within Independence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

57 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Sharp between 1997 and 2020, burning about 510 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1999Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2001Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 2006Debris and open burning40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 July 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 July 2005Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Independence 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 Sharp: 7 unknowns, 5 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Limestone, General, Stone, 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
BatesvillePlatinum, Limestone, DimensionOccurrenceUnknown
Batesville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Stone Products CorpMarble, DimensionUnknown
Upper Cave Crk Manganese CarbonateManganese, Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspect
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Batesville MillLimestone, GeneralProducer
Limedale Quarry & MillLimestone, GeneralProducer

Every working recorded in Independence 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
Gainsboro1.2 miles20
Pfeiffer2.9 miles20
Moorefield3.6 miles20
Balch Addition4.2 miles20
Sulphur Rock4.7 miles20
Quail Valley4.9 miles20
Rogers Addition5.0 miles20
Charlotte5.1 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 81947. 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.