Smead, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Township 7. The Survey maps it on the Woodberry quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Smead within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

1903 USGS Camden quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
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
1973 USGS Woodberry quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Bearden quadrangle1:62500
1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000
1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

113 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Smead (historical) between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,793 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 10 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	40
Natural	23
Equipment and vehicle use	21
Debris and open burning	17
Arson/incendiarism	10
Recreation and ceremony	1
Smoking	1

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 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	7.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 September 2006	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 September 2006	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 September 2005	Natural	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 2005	Debris and open burning	14 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2005	Natural	78 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Smead (historical): 15 unknowns. None of them still produces. 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
Keith Williams	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Calhoun 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
Harbour (historical)	4.2 miles	16
Locust Bayou	5.0 miles	16
Woodberry	5.6 miles	16
Delhi (historical)	8.0 miles	16
Hampton	9.3 miles	12
Harlow	9.5 miles	16
Green Hall (historical)	9.5 miles	12
Elberta (historical)	10.2 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 61614. 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.