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Sylvia, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marion County Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72687. It lies near Coldwater Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Cozahome quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Sylvia within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 16 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

117 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Sylvia (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,640 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 45 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/incendiarism45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Debris and open burning15
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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 1998Arson/incendiarism80 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBuffalo National RiverCLABBER GRAVEL BAR
14 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBuffalo National RiverPL FIRE
13 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBuffalo National RiverBAYHALER
7 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBuffalo National River5034 - NPS BOUNDARY
3 July 1998Natural5.0 acresBuffalo National RiverWALKER FIR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Sylvia (historical): 18 past producers, 10 occurrences, 7 unknowns, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Stone, Lead, Zinc. 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
Corbin Lead DepositLead, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Omeara ProspectTungsten, ZincOccurrence
St Joe QuarryStoneProducer
UnknownLead, ZincUnknown
UnknownLead, ZincUnknown
Unknown QuarryStoneUnknown
Anglo-American ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Big Bell MineLead, ZincUnknown
Cobert ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence

Every working recorded in Marion 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
Caney1.5 miles17
Mull2.1 miles16
Rush2.4 miles17
Keystone (historical)3.7 miles16
Freck5.2 miles17
Cowan5.2 miles16
Ralph5.8 miles16
Hepsey (historical)7.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 61025. 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.