Zama, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71858. It stands on Mill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bluff City quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Zama within Nevada County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

1901 USGS Gurdon quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
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
1973 USGS Bluff City quadrangle1:24000
1978 USGS Chidester quadrangle1:62500
1986 USGS Hope quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

56 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Zama (historical) between 1997 and 2018, burning about 326 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 27 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/incendiarism	27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Debris and open burning	7
Recreation and ceremony	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Natural	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1

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
5 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	16 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2004	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 2004	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Zama (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unk	Clay	Producer

Every working recorded in Nevada 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
Dills Mills	1.9 miles	16
Foss (historical)	2.3 miles	16
Gum Grove	2.4 miles	16
Bluff City	3.9 miles	16
Morris	4.1 miles	16
Cale	4.8 miles	16
Caney (historical)	5.6 miles	16
Cummings Springs	5.8 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 60474. 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.