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Zebulon, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Eagle Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71943. It lies near Wilson Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Lodi quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Zebulon within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

56 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Zebulon (historical) between 1995 and 2018, burning about 188 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 11 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
29 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 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

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Zebulon (historical): 5 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Barium-Barite, Slate, Dimension, 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
Bird & Son, Inc #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Mill Creek ProspectBarium-BariteUnknown
Shields Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSlate, DimensionUnknown
Fagan MineManganesePast Producer1917
Featherstone PropertyManganeseUnknown
Kettelberger PropertyManganeseUnknown

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
Salem0.7 miles16
Dunlap (historical)1.1 miles17
Lodi4.1 miles17
Kirby4.1 miles17
Glenwood4.4 miles16
Rock Creek (historical)5.0 miles16
Caney Valley5.8 miles16
Cooper (historical)5.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64653. 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.