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Walco, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Fenter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72104. The Survey maps it on the Malvern South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Walco within Hot Spring County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Fires near this place

300 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 300 fires within 5 miles of Walco (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,014 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 69 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 burning127
Arson/incendiarism69
Missing data/not specified/undetermined61
Equipment and vehicle use17
Smoking12
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hot Spring County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Walco (historical): 11 producers, 7 unknowns, 4 past producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, 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
Cove CreekBarium-BaritePast Producer
Malvern Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkSilicaUnknown
UnkSilicaUnknown
Malvern Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Malvern MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ouachita Gravel WasherSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ouchita Plant No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Steve Hedges PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Hot Spring 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
Abco1.0 miles12
Harp1.6 miles12
Malvern1.7 miles12
Perla2.9 miles12
Rockport3.4 miles13
Central3.5 miles12
Fleming (historical)4.1 miles12
Durian (historical)4.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 66144. 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.