Denton, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Flat Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72466. It stands on Bench Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eaton quadrangle.
On record in Denton
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 1 record
- Bethel Cemeterylisted 2011
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1934 USGS Powhatan quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Powhatan quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Eaton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Cherokee Village quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
76 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Denton between 1997 and 2018, burning about 801 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 21 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 | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 June 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Denton: 23 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Iron, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barber Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Black Rock Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Adams Prospects | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Anderson Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Campbell Zinc Co's Shafts 2 & 3 | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| James Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Pearl Pen Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| T.H.Matthews Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Casper Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Hendrick | Zinc | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eaton | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Annieville | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Powhatan | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Smithville | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Hogan | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Black Rock | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Sloan | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Lynn | 6.5 miles | 9 |
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 Denton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19461321 | 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 57644. 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.






