BlockBarton, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Spring Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72374. The Survey maps it on the Lexa quadrangle. It stands 210 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1940 USGS Marvell quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Marvell quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Lexa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Helena quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Helena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Barton between 1998 and 2008, burning about 73 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 29 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 November 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 October 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barton in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton | $25,000 | Several mobile homes were damaged. Some trees were knocked down. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton | $20,000 | Two power poles downed and several trees downed. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton | $2,000 | A tree was knocked down across Highway 85 south of the school in Barton. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Barton | - | Up to Golf ball sized hail reported on Highway 1 between Highway 242 and Barton. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Barton | - | Quarter-sized hail fell three miles south-southwest of Lexa. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barton | - | Straight line winds knocked down trees on Cherry Street and power poles on North Forrest Street in Helena-West Helena. A building was partially blown on to North Forrest Street. Power poles were also knocked down on Highway 242 in the city. Numerous trees were knocked down on county roads outside of Helena-West Helena. A house received minor damage near the intersection of County Road 300 and Highway 85 near Barton. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Corner | 0.5 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Ridge | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Latour | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Blackfoot | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Pillar | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Harbis (historical) | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Wycamp | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Kindall | 2.9 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Barton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4865563 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57334. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.