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Sydenham, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Wyman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72701. It lies near Round Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Elkins quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Sydenham within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

34 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Sydenham (historical) between 2000 and 2015, burning about 236 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 burning19
Arson/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
7 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington 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
Harris2.0 miles18
McGuire (historical)2.2 miles18
Wyman2.7 miles18
Tuttle3.2 miles14
Summit (historical)3.4 miles18
Strain3.6 miles18
Goshen3.7 miles14
Elkins3.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 81635. 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.