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Soda Valley, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Hardin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72058. It lies near Soda Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Guy quadrangle.

Soda Valley within Faulkner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

100 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Soda Valley between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,000 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 21 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 burning40
Arson/incendiarism21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use15
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Natural1

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
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2015Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2000Debris and open burning9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2000Debris and open burning15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2007Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionFAU17620043
23 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2007Arson/incendiarism33 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Faulkner County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Soda Valley: 9 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Reynolds Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Stell Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mc Ray QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Faulkner 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
Greenbrier2.2 miles11
McGintytown3.7 miles11
Republican3.8 miles13
Linder4.8 miles11
Guy4.8 miles12
Rowlett (historical)4.8 miles12
Pinnacle Springs (historical)5.0 miles13
Springhill5.1 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62913. 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.