Simpson, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1989. It stands in District 8. It lies in ZIP code area 71647. The Survey maps it on the Sumpter quadrangle.

Simpson within Bradley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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.

1934 USGS Ingalls quadrangle1:48000
1937 USGS Ingalls quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1939 USGS Ingalls quadrangle1:62500
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
1971 USGS Sumpter quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

94 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Simpson between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,320 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 13 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	35
Debris and open burning	25
Arson/incendiarism	13
Equipment and vehicle use	13
Natural	8

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
9 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2010	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2015	Natural	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2016	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bradley County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Simpson: 18 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Bradley 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
Pattsville	1.2 miles	18
Sandtuck (historical)	1.8 miles	18
Greenville	1.9 miles	18
Geopel (historical)	2.5 miles	18
Mount Olive	3.2 miles	18
Mannstown	3.2 miles	18
Sumpter	3.5 miles	18
Hermitage	3.8 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58627. 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.