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Shiloh, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in District 7. It lies in ZIP code area 72802. It stands on Shiloh Creek. The Survey maps it on the Russellville West quadrangle. It stands 354 feet above sea level.

Shiloh within Pope County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

51 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Shiloh between 1999 and 2020, burning about 248 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural3
Smoking1

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 2005Misuse of fire by a minor6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2005Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2008Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Shiloh: 16 unknowns, 5 producers, 4 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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
BerniceClayPast Producer
UnknownStoneUnknown
UnknownStoneUnknown
UnknownStoneUnknown
UnknownStoneUnknown
UnknownStoneUnknown
UnknownStoneUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Pope 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
Baker Creek (historical)1.2 miles19
Ouitaville2.1 miles19
Russellville2.8 miles19
Center Valley2.8 miles20
Taral3.0 miles20
Norristown3.4 miles19
Mill Creek3.6 miles19
Bernice4.7 miles19

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.

Wikipedia article on ShilohAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7496701The 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 62079. 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.