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Skaggs, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Wiley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72455. It stands on Current River. The Survey maps it on the Manson quadrangle.

Skaggs within Randolph County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

12 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Skaggs between 1997 and 2009, burning about 181 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
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
14 May 2001Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 April 2003Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 April 1998Debris and open burning18 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 March 2006Debris and open burning80 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 March 2007Debris and open burning15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 December 2002Debris and open burning15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 October 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randolph County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Skaggs: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown IronIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Randolph 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
Sharum3.0 miles14
East Pocahontas3.0 miles12
Shannon3.4 miles12
Pocahontas3.8 miles12
Poluca (historical)3.8 miles12
Manson4.2 miles12
Running Lake (historical)4.3 miles12
Fender4.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57192. 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.