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Bushtown, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Ward Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72830. It stands on Burt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hartman quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bushtown within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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.

Fires near this place

90 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Bushtown (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 564 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2000Debris and open burning12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2004Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bushtown (historical): 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Eureka Brick Co. Clay PitClayProducer
Johnson County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Shady Grove1.0 miles20
Union City1.2 miles20
Sulphur Springs1.5 miles20
Montana3.4 miles20
Hoyt3.6 miles20
Woodland3.6 miles10
Clarksville3.7 miles20
New Spadra3.8 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65132. 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.