BlockSiloam Springs, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Siloam Springs Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65775. It lies near Martin Hill. The Survey maps it on the Siloam Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1939 USGS Topaz quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Topaz quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ava quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 2004 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
153 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Siloam Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,527 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 118 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 | 118 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | HORTON #3 |
| 9 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.1 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | HORTON #2 |
| 9 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.2 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | HORTON #1 |
| 29 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BUDDY |
| 31 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | INSURANCE |
| 23 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 32 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | ROCKY |
| 17 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | HOT STUFF |
| 6 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | NORTH FORK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Siloam Springs: 3 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Simmons Prospect | Lead | Prospect | ||
| John Mccracken Property | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Thomas Collins Land | Iron | Occurrence | 1910 | |
| Unknown - Iron | Iron | Prospect |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 752156. 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.