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Thomasville, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Spring Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72360. The Survey maps it on the Aubrey quadrangle.

Thomasville within Lee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 12 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

5 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Thomasville between 1998 and 2007, burning about 60 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning5

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
26 June 1998Debris and open burning51 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 March 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 October 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 October 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 October 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee 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
New Hope0.6 miles12
Smith Corner2.4 miles14
Aubrey2.7 miles12
Oak Forest4.2 miles14
Spring Creek4.4 miles12
Chappelle (historical)4.5 miles12
Moro4.6 miles14
Big Creek Corner5.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57206. 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.