Corinth, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Acorn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71953. It stands on Brier Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mena quadrangle. It stands 1,007 feet above sea level.

Corinth within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

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 quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Mena quadrangle1:62500
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

36 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Corinth between 1996 and 2018, burning about 272 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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	16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Arson/incendiarism	3
Natural	3
Fireworks	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Recreation and ceremony	2

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
4 September 2005	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2011	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2015	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2011	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 August 2015	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 August 2012	Natural	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
21 August 2006	Natural	42 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Corinth: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Berg Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Polk 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
Mena	3.0 miles	20
Ink	3.1 miles	19
Nunley	3.3 miles	20
Dallas	3.9 miles	20
Acorn	4.1 miles	19
Pine Grove	4.5 miles	19
Olivers Chapel	4.9 miles	22
Board Camp	5.7 miles	19

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.

Wikidata item Q5170639

The 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 63181. 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.