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Slocomb, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fairplay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72019. It stands on Caney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Haskell quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Slocomb within Saline County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

162 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Slocomb (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 681 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 46 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 burning62
Arson/incendiarism46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
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
6 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Arson/incendiarism15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2015Smoking5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2015Debris and open burning8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saline County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Slocomb (historical): 3 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Talc-Soapstone, Manganese, 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
A.S. Brown Manganese PeopertyManganeseUnknown
Congo PitTalc-SoapstoneProducer
Henderson and Davis Clay BanksClayUnknown
Old Spanish DiggingsGoldProspect
UnknownFullers EarthUnknown

Every working recorded in Saline 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
Klondike (historical)1.2 miles19
Fairplay (historical)2.2 miles19
Nance2.5 miles15
Alum (historical)4.1 miles19
Haskell5.3 miles19
Opitz (historical)5.7 miles10
Crows5.9 miles15
Kentucky6.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 66045. 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.