Whitburg, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jonesboro Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72401. It stands on Murray Creek. The Survey maps it on the Needham quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Whitburg within Craighead 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.

1939 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1983 USGS Needham quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

24 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Whitburg (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 202 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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	16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
19 August 2001	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
17 August 2004	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 July 2008	Debris and open burning	9.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
23 July 1998	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
15 July 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 June 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 April 2009	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
17 April 2016	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Craighead County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Whitburg (historical): 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Craighead 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
Farrville	1.2 miles	10
Jonesboro Junction	2.0 miles	10
Glendale	2.3 miles	11
Phillips	2.4 miles	10
Webbs Mill (historical)	2.7 miles	10
Pleasant Grove	2.9 miles	11
Doss (historical)	2.9 miles	11
Brookland	3.5 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64592. 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.