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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.

Denton within Lawrence County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

76 since 1997

Regional 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 burning28
Arson/incendiarism21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking1
Natural1

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 August 2012Debris and open burning30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 June 2011Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 June 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 June 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Barber MineLeadPast Producer
Black Rock Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Adams ProspectsLead, ZincPast Producer
Anderson ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Campbell Zinc Co's Shafts 2 & 3Lead, ZincPast Producer
James ProspectIronOccurrence
Pearl Pen PropertyIronPast Producer
T.H.Matthews PropertyIronPast Producer
Casper MineZincPast Producer
HendrickZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lawrence 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
Eaton3.8 miles13
Annieville4.5 miles13
Powhatan4.8 miles12
Smithville5.2 miles9
Hogan5.9 miles13
Black Rock5.9 miles12
Sloan5.9 miles13
Lynn6.5 miles9

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 DentonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19461321The 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.