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Cotton Town, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Clark Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72863. It lies near Pine Hill. The Survey maps it on the Paris quadrangle.

Cotton Town within Logan 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

24 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Cotton Town between 1997 and 2016, burning about 171 acres in total. None 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 burning10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism4

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 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2010Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 July 2004Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 July 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 June 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Logan County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Cotton Town: 5 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
MagazineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
S & W Rk QyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
B & G Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gilbert Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shoal Creek Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Logan 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
Pleasant Hill2.6 miles20
Kalamazoo2.7 miles20
Wilkins3.0 miles20
Union3.5 miles20
Spielerville (historical)4.1 miles20
Plainview4.7 miles20
Subiaco5.2 miles20
Gray Rock5.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 71238. 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.