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Stephenson, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Thompson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71958. It stands on West Fork Prairie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Murfreesboro quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Stephenson within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

56 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Stephenson (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 247 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning16
Natural9
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
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
7 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2011Arson/incendiarism12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2000Smoking1.0 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

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Stephenson (historical): 23 unknowns, 11 past producers, 5 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diamond, Antimony. 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
Pigeon Roost Mountain DepositBarium-BaritePast Producer
Twin Knobs ClaypitClayUnknown
Unknown QuarryStoneUnknown
Craig MineMercury, AntimonyPast ProducerCalomel, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Stibiconite, Stibnite
Mercury District of Southwest ArkansasMercury, AntimonyPast Producer1930, 1931, 1944
Parnell Hill MineMercury, AntimonyPast Producer1931
U.S. Mercury Co. MineMercury, AntimonyPast ProducerCalomel, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Stibiconite, Stibnite
American MinesDiamondUnknown
Crater of Diamonds -NorthDiamondProspect
Crater of Diamonds -SouthDiamondProspect

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
Mount Moriah1.0 miles13
Arp (historical)2.2 miles13
Pleasant Home (historical)2.5 miles13
Murfreesboro3.0 miles13
Stanley (historical)3.1 miles14
Brocktown (historical)4.1 miles12
Helbig (historical)4.1 miles14
Kimberley4.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64651. 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.