Belton, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Redland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71852. The Survey maps it on the McCaskill quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Belton within Hempstead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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.

1951 USGS McCaskill quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Hope quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

48 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Belton (historical) between 1997 and 2019, burning about 951 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 18 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	18
Debris and open burning	13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Natural	5
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
3 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2016	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2016	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 1999	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 1999	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	25 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hempstead County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Belton (historical): 6 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Sample Site	Clay	Past Producer
Unknown	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Unknown
Al Ross	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Hempstead 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
Doyle	2.9 miles	14
Westbrook (historical)	3.2 miles	14
McCaskill	3.7 miles	14
Tokio	4.7 miles	12
Bingen	4.9 miles	14
Dotson Station (historical)	5.1 miles	14
Bellair	5.2 miles	14
North Bingen	5.5 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 61427. 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.