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Sommer, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Cane Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72863. It stands on Thompson Branch. The Survey maps it on the New Blaine quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Sommer within Logan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

34 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Sommer (historical) between 1998 and 2018, burning about 623 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural3
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
19 September 2006Natural1.3 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsBROCK #2
17 September 1999Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2000Natural262 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsBROCK CREEK
6 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined217 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2007Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Logan County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Sommer (historical): 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Needham Pit & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rv MtnStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
Unk Quarries 2StonePast Producer
Unk Quarries 3StonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Logan 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
Johnson1.5 miles20
Saint Scholastica2.0 miles20
New Blaine2.6 miles20
Shoal Creek3.0 miles20
Dublin3.1 miles20
Geren (historical)3.5 miles20
Tokalon4.0 miles20
Prairie View4.3 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64190. 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.