Albritton, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in District 9. It lies in ZIP code area 71676. The Survey maps it on the Empire quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Albritton within Chicot County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

1936 USGS Eudora quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Eudora quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1981 USGS Empire quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Crossett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

6 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Albritton (historical) between 2004 and 2012, burning about 349 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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	3
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Debris and open burning	1
Smoking	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 2010	Arson/incendiarism	24 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2004	Smoking	60 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
11 July 2012	Arson/incendiarism	9.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
15 March 2006	Debris and open burning	178 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
10 March 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	8.0 acres	Louisiana Office of Forestry	not named
21 January 2006	Arson/incendiarism	70 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chicot 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
Empire	4.8 miles	12
Ross Van Ness	6.2 miles	12
Wellford	6.3 miles	12
Indian	7.8 miles	12
Hanna	9.2 miles	12
Eudora	10.1 miles	12
Boeuf	10.5 miles	12
Gum Corner	11.3 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 61773. 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.