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Vista Shores, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Township 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72732. It lies near Hoot Owl Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Garfield quadrangle.

Vista Shores within Benton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

30 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Vista Shores between 1997 and 2020, burning about 585 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism7
Debris and open burning3
Natural2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 August 2012Natural5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2012Natural4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 July 2012Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 June 2006Equipment and vehicle use25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 April 2010Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 April 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 April 2016Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton 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 Vista Shores: 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jack Holt QuarriesStone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Battler Creek Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kirk Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkSand 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
Lost Bridge Village2.4 miles15
Glade3.9 miles15
Clantonville4.0 miles15
Garfield4.1 miles15
Osborn (historical)4.4 miles15
Hurd (historical)4.5 miles15
Walnut Hill4.7 miles15
Gateway4.8 miles15

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122564359The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76075. 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.