BlockSulphur Springs, Arkansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Grant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72830. The Survey maps it on the Hartman quadrangle. It stands 495 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1887 USGS Magazine Mountain quadrangle1:125000
- 1887 USGS Magazine Mountain #1 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Magazine Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartman quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Hartman quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
87 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Sulphur Springs between 1998 and 2020, burning about 584 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 burning | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union City | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Bushtown (historical) | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Shady Grove | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Hoyt | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Hinkle | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Montana | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| Woodland | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Hartman | 4.1 miles | 20 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Sulphur Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7636539 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57197. 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.