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Wright, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pike City Township. It lies near Wall Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Murfreesboro NE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Wright within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

50 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Wright (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 966 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism10
Debris and open burning10
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use9

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
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2011Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2012Natural5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Wright (historical): 13 past producers, 9 occurrences, 6 unknowns, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Antimony, Clay. 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 Shale PitClayUnknown
Interstate Mill (Facility)Mercury, AntimonyPlantCalomel, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Stibiconite, Stibnite
Mac-Holmes MineMercury, AntimonyPast Producer1931
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Antimony, Ltd.MercuryPast ProducerCinnabar
Atlas QuicksilverMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar
Bemis HillMercuryPast ProducerCinnabar

Every working recorded in Pike 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
Elk (historical)1.3 miles12
Anderson (historical)1.8 miles12
Rabell (historical)3.9 miles12
Pike City4.0 miles12
Lissie (historical)4.5 miles12
Shawmut4.7 miles10
Nutts4.7 miles10
Stanley (historical)5.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64652. 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.