East Pocahontas, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Demun Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72455. It stands on Marr Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pocahontas quadrangle.
On record in East Pocahontas
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 within a mile 7 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Black River Bridgelisted 1990 · 0.6 miles away
Old Randolph County Courthouselisted 1973 · 0.8 miles away
Marr's Creek Bridgelisted 2008 · 0.9 miles away
Randolph County Courthouselisted 1996 · 0.9 miles away
Pocahontas Post Officelisted 2002 · 0.9 miles away
Pocahontas Commercial Historic Districtlisted 2009 · 1.0 miles away- Pocahontas Federal Savings and Loanlisted 2019 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1935 USGS Reyno quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pocahontas quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Paragould quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
37 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of East Pocahontas between 1997 and 2016, burning about 574 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of East Pocahontas: 3 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Stone | Unknown | ||
| H M Bishop Farm | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Iron | Iron | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pocahontas | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Shannon | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Skaggs | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Manson | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Poluca (historical) | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Hoover Landing | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Running Lake (historical) | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Lorine | 5.4 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122540735 | 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 60440. 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.





