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Willis, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Elixir Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72601. It stands on Willis Bald. The Survey maps it on the Diamond City quadrangle.

Willis within Boone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 15 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

27 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Willis between 1999 and 2020, burning about 316 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 burning11
Arson/incendiarism9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
7 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 May 2016Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 April 2006Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 April 2006Arson/incendiarism37 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 April 2015Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 April 2014Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionBOO1466180
9 March 2004Debris and open burning40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boone County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Willis: 16 past producers, 9 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Unknown Gravel PiatSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Low Gap MineLead, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Smithsonite
Saturn PlacerLead, ZincOccurrenceGalena
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Bailey OutcropsZincOccurrenceSmithsonite
BessieLead, ZincPast Producer1900
Bonanza MineZinc, LeadPast ProducerSmithsonite, Sphalerite
Buck Hollow ProspectsZincOccurrenceSmithsonite
Cave MineZinc, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite

Every working recorded in Boone 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
South Lead Hill4.2 miles15
Bergman4.4 miles13
Winington4.5 miles15
Keener4.5 miles15
Lead Hill4.8 miles15
Sycamore4.8 miles15
Wooden Hills4.8 miles13
Myrtle5.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58894. 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.