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Flatwoods, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72641. It lies near Little Bear Cave Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Jasper quadrangle.

Flatwoods within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

114 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Flatwoods between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,371 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 35 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/undetermined40
Arson/incendiarism35
Debris and open burning29
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2003Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBuffalo National RiverCROW HOLE #1
28 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBuffalo National RiverSOUTH OF PRUITT
30 June 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBuffalo National RiverMILL CREK POWERLINE
19 June 2012Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Flatwoods: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead. 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
Lee Roy MineLead, ZincUnknown
Ozark Rock Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkStonePast Producer
Tom Hill PropertyZincOccurrence
J A LowrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Newton County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pruitt PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Newton 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
Jasper2.8 miles13
Little Buffalo (historical)2.8 miles13
Pruitt3.8 miles13
Piercetown4.4 miles14
Wells Creek (historical)4.4 miles13
Hasty4.6 miles13
Gum Springs5.0 miles13
Carver5.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 71633. 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.