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Spring Lake, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hot Springs Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71901. It stands on East Branch Gulpha Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Catherine quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Spring Lake within Garland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

152 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Spring Lake (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 353 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 35 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 burning39
Arson/incendiarism35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Natural12
Smoking9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Spring Lake (historical): 10 past producers, 7 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Niobium (Columbium), Vanadium, Stone. 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
Arkansas Power and Light Company PropertyFluorine-Fluorite, PyritePast Producer
Chamberlain CreekBarium-BariteProducer
No NameClayPast Producer
No NameFlagstonePast Producer
Hot Springs MillSilicaProducer
Mc Earl MineSilicaProducer
Lecroy FarmNiobium (Columbium)Unknown
Potash Sulfur SpringsNiobium (Columbium)Occurrence
Potash Sulfur SpringsVanadiumProducer1960, 1966, 1983
Union Carbide PitVanadiumProducer

Every working recorded in Garland 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
Potash Sulphur Springs (historical)1.5 miles12
Lake Catherine1.6 miles12
Euclid Heights2.5 miles15
Gulpha (historical)3.3 miles14
Price3.3 miles12
Dripping Springs (historical)3.7 miles14
Hot Springs3.7 miles15
Red Oak4.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64355. 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.