Chant, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1989. It stands in District 6. It lies in ZIP code area 72926. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Y City quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Chant within Scott County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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.

1890 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1899 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Mena quadrangle1:62500
1958 USGS Y City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
1989 USGS Mena quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Chant (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 448 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 10 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 burning	11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Arson/incendiarism	10
Natural	7
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Smoking	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
9 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 September 1998	Smoking	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	31 acres	Ouachita National Forest	MINER FIRE
4 September 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	7.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Ouachita National Forest	Y-CITY
29 September 2005	Natural	under an acre	Ouachita National Forest	SINGLE TREE
29 September 2003	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 August 2001	Natural	under an acre	Ouachita National Forest	TAN-A-HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scott 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 Chant (historical): 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 Scott 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
Y City	0.9 miles	19
Boles	2.6 miles	31
Buffalo (historical)	3.9 miles	31
Needmore	4.7 miles	31
Nella	4.7 miles	31
Gate (historical)	5.3 miles	19
Shiloh	5.5 miles	31
Keener	5.8 miles	31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 66279. 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.