Sulphur Springs, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Black Springs Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71960. It stands on Dry Fork. The Survey maps it on the Big Fork quadrangle. It stands 961 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1906 USGS Caddo Gap quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1936 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1936 USGS Athens quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Athens quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Big Fork quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Arkadelphia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
79 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Sulphur Springs between 1994 and 2019, burning about 9,774 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 29 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/incendiarism | 29 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | ABERNATHY SPRINGS #4 |
| 21 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Ouachita National Forest | COX SPRINGS |
| 21 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | COUNTY LINE |
| 14 September 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | SULPHUR CREEK |
| 14 September 2011 | Natural | 41 acres | Ouachita National Forest | POST OAK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sulphur Springs: 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Slate, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slatington Mountain Prospects | Manganese | Prospect | 1916 | |
| Unknown | Slate, Dimension | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alf | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Slatington (historical) | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Union Hill | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Cox Spring | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Redbird (historical) | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Ridge | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Huddleston | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Mimosa | 7.4 miles | 15 |
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 Q7636540 | 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 78948. 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.









