Dentontown, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Herring Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72833. It stands on Moss Creek. The Survey maps it on the Havana quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Dentontown within Yell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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.

1879 USGS Mountain Home quadrangle1:62500
1887 USGS Magazine Mountain quadrangle1:125000
1887 USGS Magazine Mountain #4 quadrangle1:62500
1890 USGS Magazine Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS Havana quadrangle1:24000
1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

45 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Dentontown (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 626 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 7 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	11
Natural	9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Arson/incendiarism	7
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Smoking	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
5 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	30 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2004	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2000	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 2005	Recreation and ceremony	26 acres	Ouachita National Forest	SOUTH BLUE HOLE
9 August 2016	Natural	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 August 2011	Smoking	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
29 August 1999	Natural	16 acres	Ouachita National Forest	988

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yell County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Dentontown (historical): 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Buford Compton Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
	Unk	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Yell 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
Shark	1.1 miles	16
Macedonia	2.1 miles	17
Riley Creek (historical)	3.4 miles	17
Chalybeate Springs	3.9 miles	16
Wing	4.9 miles	13
Briggsville	5.2 miles	13
Waltreak	5.9 miles	16
Corinth	6.0 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 67886. 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.