Batson, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Batson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72852. The Survey maps it on the Hunt quadrangle.

Batson within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 10 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.

1906 USGS Batson quadrangle1:62500
1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Hunt quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

63 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Batson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 616 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 23 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	23
Debris and open burning	17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Smoking	1
Natural	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
6 September 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	MAVERICK
15 September 2013	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	EAGLE NEST
26 August 2011	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 July 2001	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 July 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 July 2012	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	LEE POINT
30 July 2011	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
28 July 2011	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson 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 Batson: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Johnson 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
Linville (historical)	1.9 miles	10
Oak Grove	2.4 miles	10
Yale	3.4 miles	10
White Oak	3.5 miles	10
Edna	4.7 miles	10
Dale (historical)	5.1 miles	10
Oark	6.1 miles	10
Hunt	6.5 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 70536. 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.