Underwood, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Big Bottom-Wycough-Logan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72562. The Survey maps it on the Newark quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Underwood within Independence 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.

1935 USGS Newport quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Newark quadrangle1:24000
1962 USGS Newark quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1962 USGS Newport quadrangle1:62500
1966 USGS Newport quadrangle1:62500
1986 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

12 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Underwood (historical) between 2003 and 2018, burning about 322 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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	5
Debris and open burning	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Equipment and vehicle use	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
26 August 2006	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
18 August 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
13 June 2006	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 May 2012	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
23 April 2012	Arson/incendiarism	8.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
15 April 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
12 April 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	90 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
24 March 2011	Debris and open burning	53 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Independence 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 Underwood (historical): 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Independence 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
Paroquet	1.1 miles	13
Newark	3.4 miles	14
Akron (historical)	3.6 miles	14
Mount Zion	4.0 miles	14
Elmo	4.1 miles	12
Dunnington	4.5 miles	14
Oil Trough	5.3 miles	14
Magness	5.4 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 68061. 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.