Thrasher, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Bois d'Arc Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71838. It stands on Little Bridge Creek. The Survey maps it on the McNab quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Thrasher within Hempstead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

1951 USGS Mc Nab quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1951 USGS McNab quadrangle1:24000
1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Hope quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

108 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Thrasher (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,161 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 49 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/incendiarism	49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	21
Railroad operations and maintenance	16
Debris and open burning	12
Natural	7
Equipment and vehicle use	3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 2012	Arson/incendiarism	25 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2006	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1998	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	44 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2011	Natural	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hempstead County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Thrasher (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	No Name	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Hempstead 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
McNab	1.0 miles	14
Fulton	3.2 miles	17
Dave	3.8 miles	15
Sprudel	4.0 miles	17
Powers	4.7 miles	15
Sheppard	5.4 miles	15
Crossroads	6.4 miles	15
Wafers Crossing	6.5 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 61480. 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.