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Sun Valley Addition, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Ruddell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72501. It stands on Miller Creek. The Survey maps it on the Batesville quadrangle.

Sun Valley Addition within Independence County

On record in Sun Valley Addition

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 12 of 18 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in Independence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 20 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

66 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Sun Valley Addition between 1997 and 2020, burning about 543 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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 burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism14
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2000Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2012Natural9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Independence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 52 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 52 workings within 5 miles of Sun Valley Addition: 21 past producers, 14 unknowns, 12 producers, 4 prospects. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
BatesvillePlatinum, Limestone, DimensionOccurrenceUnknown
Stone Products CorpMarble, DimensionUnknown
Lower Cave Crk Manganese LimestoneManganese, Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspect1915
Rutherford Hollow Mn LimestoneManganese, Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspect
Texas Lime Co PlantLimestone, DimensionProducer
Texas Line Co PitLimestone, DimensionProducer
Arkansas Lime CoStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Batesville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sheid QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownLimestone
UnkStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Independence 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
Meadow Heights1.1 miles20
Ruddell Hill1.3 miles20
Batesville1.3 miles20
Cushman Junction1.9 miles20
College Heights Addition2.0 miles20
Rogers Addition2.1 miles20
Pegg Addition2.3 miles20
Eastwood Addition2.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 68058. 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.