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Star of the West, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in White Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71959. It stands on Brickyard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Center Point NE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Star of the West within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

82 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Star of the West (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 978 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 41 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
Arson/incendiarism41
Natural13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2012Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2006Debris and open burning103 acresArkansas Forestry Commission147
6 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1999Natural20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Star of the West (historical): 3 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Clay, Mercury. 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
Reduction Plant of Am Sci Mercury C (facility)MercuryPlant
Cogburn DepositBarium-BaritePast Producer
Gap Mountain DepositBarium-BaritePast Producer
Sulfer Mountain DepositBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayUnknown
Unknown Shale PitClayUnknown
Unknown Shale PitClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Pike 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
Newhope3.0 miles12
Daisy4.4 miles14
Grandfield4.9 miles12
Langley5.1 miles15
Cooper (historical)5.5 miles17
Crawford (historical)7.0 miles11
Abner (historical)7.2 miles14
Henry7.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64650. 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.