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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.

Sulphur Springs within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

79 since 1994

Regional 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/incendiarism29
Natural22
Debris and open burning17
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 1995Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresOuachita National Forestnot named
6 September 2006Arson/incendiarism30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreOuachita National ForestABERNATHY SPRINGS #4
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism35 acresOuachita National ForestCOX SPRINGS
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresOuachita National ForestCOUNTY LINE
14 September 2011Natural5.0 acresOuachita National ForestSULPHUR CREEK
14 September 2011Natural41 acresOuachita National ForestPOST OAK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Slatington Mountain ProspectsManganeseProspect1916
UnknownSlate, DimensionUnknown

Every working recorded in Montgomery 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
Alf0.8 miles15
Slatington (historical)2.3 miles15
Union Hill2.3 miles15
Cox Spring3.4 miles15
Redbird (historical)4.5 miles15
Pine Ridge6.4 miles15
Huddleston6.5 miles15
Mimosa7.4 miles15

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 SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7636540The 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.