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Wiley Crossing, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Scott Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72432. The Survey maps it on the Cherry Valley East quadrangle.

Wiley Crossing within Poinsett County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

12 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Wiley Crossing between 1998 and 2010, burning about 378 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning8
Arson/incendiarism3
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
9 September 1998Debris and open burning15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2001Recreation and ceremony14 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 April 2010Debris and open burning32 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 March 2001Debris and open burning12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 March 2009Arson/incendiarism203 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionBAY VILLAGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Poinsett County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Wiley Crossing: 5 unknowns, 5 producers. 5 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
Bartholamu PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bartholamu PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bay Village PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Birdseye PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Whitehall PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Poinsett 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
Hydrick1.0 miles13
Whitehall1.4 miles13
Bay Village3.5 miles13
Harrisburg7.3 miles9
Arthur (historical)7.4 miles13
Stewart7.4 miles13
Anderson Tully7.5 miles13
Weona Junction8.1 miles9

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122597540The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58889. 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.