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Sycamore Spring, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 9. It lies in ZIP code area 72653. It stands on Shoal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Norfork Dam North quadrangle.

Sycamore Spring within Baxter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

45 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Sycamore Spring between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,101 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
10 September 2005Arson/incendiarism35 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 2005Arson/incendiarism25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 June 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baxter County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sycamore Spring: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. 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
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Baxter County

Storms near this place

2 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sycamore Spring in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2021Thunderstorm WindSycamore Spring-Multiple trees were blown down in the Sycamore Springs Neighborhood.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindSycamore Spring-Trees were reported down on power lines in the area of Arkansas Highway 342, cutting off power for about five hours.

Every storm recorded in Baxter 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
Sycamore Heights1.3 miles18
Diamond Bay1.6 miles18
Wake (historical)2.0 miles18
Timber Lake Manor2.1 miles18
Briarcliff2.6 miles18
Spencer (historical)3.0 miles18
Hand (historical)3.2 miles18
Salesville3.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69444. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.