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Dayton, Arkansas

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Township 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72940. It stands on Dickson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Abbott quadrangle.

Dayton within Sebastian County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

104 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Dayton between 1997 and 2020, burning about 710 acres in total. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Debris and open burning29
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural6
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2003Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sebastian 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 Dayton: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Sebastian County PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Sebastian County

Storms near this place

6 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dayton in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDayton$300Several trees were blown down
May 2023Thunderstorm WindDayton-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a couple trees.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindDayton-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees onto Highway 252 north and northeast of Dayton.
March 2009HailDayton-no account filed
November 2001HailDayton-no account filed
June 1998HailDayton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sebastian 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
Crossroads1.5 miles22
Witcherville2.6 miles22
Huntington2.9 miles24
Dill Place (historical)3.4 miles24
Fox Hill3.7 miles24
Mansfield4.0 miles24
Arkola4.8 miles24
Big Rock5.0 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 71346. 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.