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Watson, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Township 3. It lies in ZIP code area 71744. It stands on Berks Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tinsman quadrangle.

Watson within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

42 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Watson between 2001 and 2018, burning about 3,287 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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/incendiarism14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
29 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2003Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,070 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionGRIMMETT
17 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2007Debris and open burning40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Watson: 15 unknowns, 4 producers. 4 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Calhoun 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
Tinsman1.6 miles12
Big Hill2.5 miles12
Levit (historical)2.7 miles12
Ellisville3.8 miles12
Elberta (historical)5.4 miles12
Lindale (historical)6.7 miles12
Cram6.7 miles12
Chambersville7.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58836. 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.