Tunnel, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Central Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72632. It lies near Huckleberry Point. The Survey maps it on the Eureka Springs quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Tunnel within Carroll 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.

1900 USGS Eureka Springs quadrangle1:125000
1901 USGS Eureka Springs quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Eureka Springs quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Tunnel (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 713 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 30 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	30
Debris and open burning	26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	18
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Natural	1
Smoking	1

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
13 September 2006	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 2011	Debris and open burning	12 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 2012	Natural	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
26 August 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	40 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
21 August 1998	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
28 June 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
25 June 2012	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 April 1995	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Tunnel (historical): 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unknown - Ls	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Garrett Sand & Gravel Co	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Kings River Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Carroll 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
Junction (historical)	1.3 miles	12
Oak Hill	2.1 miles	12
Gaskins (historical)	3.0 miles	12
Pleasant Ridge	3.3 miles	12
Holiday Island	3.5 miles	12
Grandview	3.6 miles	12
Eureka Springs	4.2 miles	12
Beaver	4.6 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1977845. 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.