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Corinth, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Brewer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71852. The Survey maps it on the Nathan quadrangle. It stands 656 feet above sea level.

Corinth within Howard County

On record in Corinth

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

31 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Corinth between 1993 and 2017, burning about 160 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 11 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/incendiarism11
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking1

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
28 September 2004Natural8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Smoking20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2011Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.9 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2002Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Corinth: 23 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Strontium. 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
V. B. Lewis PitStrontiumUnknown
Arkansas Gypsum CompanyGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Highland MineGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Howard County GypsumGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Unknown MineGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Unknown MineGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Unknown MineGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Weyerhaeuser Mine and PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer

Every working recorded in Howard County

Storms near this place

10 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corinth in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2026HailCorinth-Quarter size hail reported near the intersection of Highway 369 and Landfill Road, via Mping.
March 2026HailCorinth-Quarter size hail reported along Whisenhunt Loop, via Mping.
April 2026HailCorinth-Ping pong ball size hail reported north of Nashville, via Mping.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindCorinth-Several trees down and completely blocking Highway 369.
May 2021HailCorinth-Pictures of half dollar size hail that fell just inside Howard County southwest of the Nathan community were posted to social media.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindCorinth-A large tree was blown down across Highway 26 near the Highway 369 intersection.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindCorinth-Trees and powerlines were downed.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindCorinth-Trees down across Hwy 369 and 26.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindCorinth-Large trees toppled and blocking road along Hwy 369.
November 1995Thunderstorm WindCorinth-Several trees were blown down at the intersection of Highway 369 and Highway 26.

Every storm recorded in Howard 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
Perkins2.5 miles12
Pump Springs (historical)2.9 miles12
Reed3.5 miles12
Chapel Hill3.5 miles14
Briar3.6 miles12
Temperanceville5.5 miles14
Center Point5.8 miles12
Nashville6.7 miles14

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 CorinthAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5170619The 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 56969. 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.

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.