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Sturgis, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1989. It stands in District 7. It lies in ZIP code area 71647. The Survey maps it on the Marsden quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Sturgis within Bradley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

43 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Sturgis (historical) between 2001 and 2020, burning about 2,590 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined18
Debris and open burning12
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Arson/incendiarism1

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
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,509 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionSINGLETON CREEK
16 September 2015Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined53 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bradley County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sturgis (historical): 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Bradley 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
Vick1.9 miles19
Broad4.0 miles19
Ingalls4.3 miles18
Marsden4.4 miles18
Wilcox (historical)5.0 miles19
Pine Island Landing6.0 miles19
Godfrey Landing6.1 miles18
Blanchton6.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 60611. 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.