Union, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Clark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72855. The Survey maps it on the Paris quadrangle.

Union within Logan County

On record in Union

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 1 record

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

Union Church and Schoollisted 2005 · 0.4 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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.

1887 USGS Magazine Mountain quadrangle1:125000
1887 USGS Magazine Mountain #1 quadrangle1:62500
1890 USGS Magazine Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Paris quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1993 USGS Paris quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

47 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Union between 1997 and 2018, burning about 339 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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
Debris and open burning	17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	16
Arson/incendiarism	7
Equipment and vehicle use	6
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
9 September 2012	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 1998	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2006	Debris and open burning	9.4 acres	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	DELTIC FIRE
4 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25 acres	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	BIG CARTER
4 September 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	RED BENCH
10 September 2004	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Logan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Union: 6 producers, 6 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone, Stone. 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
Logan County Building Stone Co	Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone	Past Producer
Unk Quarries 2	Stone	Past Producer
Magazine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Patterson	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
S & W Rk Qy	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
B & G Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Duffield Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Garland Cotton Sand & Gravel Co	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gilbert Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Logan County New Blaine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Logan 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
Spielerville (historical)	1.6 miles	20
Subiaco	2.6 miles	20
Wilkins	2.9 miles	20
Pleasant Hill	3.1 miles	20
Cotton Town	3.5 miles	20
Kalamazoo	3.6 miles	20
Paris	3.9 miles	20
Plainview	4.1 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 73935. 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.