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Shiloh, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Hadley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71827. The Survey maps it on the Falcon quadrangle.

Shiloh within Lafayette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

104 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Shiloh between 1997 and 2019, burning about 394 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined37
Debris and open burning17
Arson/incendiarism17
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking8
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Natural8

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
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2011Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lafayette County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Shiloh: 19 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Clay. 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
Claiborn GroupClayUnknown
Falcon MineIronProspect
UnkIronPast Producer
Mc KamieSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stevens Brothers Sand And GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSurface
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lafayette 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
Apalco2.1 miles12
Buckner2.4 miles12
Stamps2.5 miles12
Old Town6.1 miles14
Lewisville6.6 miles16
Baker7.0 miles14
Piney Grove8.5 miles14
McKamie8.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57188. 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.