Wilcox, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1989. It stands in District 7. It lies in ZIP code area 71647. It stands on Gravelly Branch. The Survey maps it on the Vick quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Wilcox within Bradley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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.

1934 USGS Ingalls quadrangle1:48000
1937 USGS Ingalls quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1939 USGS Ingalls quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Vick quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1985 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

39 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Wilcox (historical) between 2001 and 2019, burning about 478 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined	16
Debris and open burning	10
Arson/incendiarism	7
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Natural	3

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
9 September 2006	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2015	Natural	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2015	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 2006	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bradley 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 Wilcox (historical): 4 producers. All of them 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Bradley 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
Broad	1.1 miles	19
Pine Island Landing	2.0 miles	19
Godfrey Landing	2.9 miles	18
Blanchton	2.9 miles	18
Moores Mill	3.1 miles	19
Vick	4.0 miles	19
Sturgis (historical)	5.0 miles	18
Johnsville	6.9 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 60613. 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.