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Tatumville, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Beaver Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72002. It lies near Big Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Congo quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Tatumville within Saline County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

105 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Tatumville (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 755 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 27 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 burning39
Arson/incendiarism27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2000Arson/incendiarism29 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2007Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism60 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saline County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Tatumville (historical): 4 prospects, 3 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Slate, Dimension, Nickel, Nickel, Talc-Soapstone, Talc-Soapstone, Nickel. 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
Big Bear Mining Co.CopperUnknown
UnknownNickel, Talc-SoapstoneProspect
Wallis Soapstone PitTalc-Soapstone, NickelProspect
Duke-Warner PitNickel, Talc-SoapstoneProspect
Inman Soapstone ProspectNickel, Talc-SoapstoneProspect
No NameSlate, DimensionUnknown
No NameSlate, DimensionUnknown
UnnamedNickelOccurrencePyrite, Pyrrhotite, Soapstone

Every working recorded in Saline 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
Avilla2.0 miles20
Congo3.6 miles20
Bland5.6 miles19
Salem5.9 miles20
Grape6.5 miles19
Springhill6.8 miles20
Sherwood Estates7.8 miles23
Collegeville7.9 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 66050. 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.