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Detonti, Arkansas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Shaw Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72011. It stands on Big Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tull quadrangle.

Detonti within Saline County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

191 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Detonti between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,238 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 60 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/undetermined61
Arson/incendiarism60
Debris and open burning37
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural9
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
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
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saline County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Detonti: 21 unknowns, 5 producers, 5 past producers, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Niobium (Columbium). 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
Alcoa Arkansas OperationsAluminum, Gallium, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, FreeProducer1886, 1952
Arkansas Bauxite RegionKaolin, AluminumProducer1887, 1896
Hurricane Creek DepositNiobium (Columbium)Occurrence
Republic Mining & Mgf. Co.IronUnknown
Saline CountyAluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, FreeProspect1887
UnknownClayUnknown
UnknownClayUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Saline County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Detonti in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Detonti$600,000A house on U.S. Highway 167 had its roof and chimney damaged. Ironically, this same house had been damaged by a tornado 30 years ago. A mobile home had its roof and porch blown off. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Several houses suffered damage from falling trees. The roof of a country club was blown off, allowing water to pour inside and ruin a new wood floor that had just been installed. The tornado exited Saline County northeast of Lakeside and continued into Pulaski County west-northwest of Woodson.
April 2024HailDetonti-Quarter-sized hail fell near the community Detonti.
March 2016HailDetonti-Golfball sized hail was covering the road at the Highway 35 and Highway 190 junction.

Every storm recorded in Saline 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
Shaw1.6 miles9
Woodland (historical)2.5 miles23
Dirtdauber (historical)3.8 miles23
Bauxite4.1 miles23
Lignite4.6 miles23
Lena4.7 miles23
Pine Haven4.8 miles23
Goodman4.8 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76788. 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.