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Winington, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sugar Loaf Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72644. It lies near Pilot Knob. The Survey maps it on the Zinc quadrangle.

Winington 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

91 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Winington between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,613 acres in total. None started naturally. 48 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
Arson/incendiarism48
Debris and open burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
23 September 1999Arson/incendiarism90 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2004Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2010Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 July 2005Debris and open burning9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 May 1997Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 May 1997Arson/incendiarism157 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 May 1997Arson/incendiarism28 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 52 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 52 workings within 5 miles of Winington: 23 past producers, 20 occurrences, 7 unknowns, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, 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
Broome CountyLead, ZincUnknown
Saturn PlacerLead, ZincOccurrenceGalena
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Bailey MineLeadPast Producer
Ben Harrison MineLead, ZincOccurrenceGalena
Ben Harrison MineLead, ZincUnknown
BessieLead, ZincPast Producer1900
Bill Parks ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Black Bear ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence

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 Hill2.7 miles15
Lead Hill4.4 miles15
Willis4.5 miles15
Zinc4.9 miles15
Keener5.2 miles15
Bergman6.0 miles13
Sycamore6.8 miles15
Oregon (historical)7.1 miles13

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 Q122568683The 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 57236. 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.