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West End, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Vaugine Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71602. The Survey maps it on the Pine Bluff quadrangle.

West End within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

98 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of West End between 2001 and 2020, burning about 366 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 27 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 burning40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Arson/incendiarism27
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2

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 2005Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2004Debris and open burning9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 West End: 9 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Vermiculite. 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
Port PlantVermiculiteProducer
Cross County Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Easton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pine Bluff PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sandhog DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Leitner1.9 miles16
Watson Chapel2.4 miles10
College Park (historical)2.8 miles16
Henslee Heights2.9 miles16
Pine Bluff3.0 miles10
Lamb (historical)3.1 miles16
White Hall3.8 miles16
Warbritton4.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58850. 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.