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Spielerville, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Clark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72865. It stands on West Fork Cane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Paris quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Spielerville within Logan County

On record in Spielerville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

44 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Spielerville (historical) between 1997 and 2018, burning about 277 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1
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
9 September 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2006Debris and open burning9.4 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsDELTIC FIRE
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsBIG CARTER
4 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsRED BENCH
13 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 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

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Spielerville (historical): 8 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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
Logan County Building Stone CoStone, Crushed/Broken, FlagstonePast Producer
MagazineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
PattersonStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
S & W Rk QyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unk Quarries 2StonePast Producer
Unk Quarries 5StonePast Producer
Unk Quarries 6StonePast Producer
B & G Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Duffield QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Garland Cotton Sand & Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Subiaco1.2 miles20
Union1.6 miles20
Wilkins2.1 miles20
Pleasant Hill2.5 miles20
Plainview2.8 miles20
Sand Ridge3.5 miles20
Cotton Town4.1 miles20
Ellsworth (historical)4.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64184. 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.