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Twin Springs, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Township 5. It lies in ZIP code area 72761. The Survey maps it on the Siloam Springs quadrangle.

Twin Springs within Benton County

On record in Twin Springs

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 12 of 22 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in Benton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

108 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Twin Springs between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,265 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 48 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/incendiarism48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Debris and open burning18
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism25 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 2000Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 1998Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
11 September 2002Smoking3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minor8.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
8 August 2011Smoking3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30358
5 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use120 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30408

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Twin Springs: 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Siloam Springs QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Benton 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
Siloam Springs0.6 miles19
Hico0.7 miles19
Lone Elm (historical)3.7 miles17
Lake Frances3.9 miles19
Dawn Hill3.9 miles19
West Point4.9 miles19
Flint (historical)5.1 miles17
Felker (historical)5.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76063. 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.