Graytown, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72016. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Martindale quadrangle.
On record in Graytown
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
C.L. Sailor Houselisted 1998 · 0.2 miles away
Bigelow Methodist Episcopal Church, Southlisted 1996 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1890 USGS Benton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Benton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Martindale quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
86 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Graytown between 1998 and 2020, burning about 932 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 18 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Graytown: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Prospect | Manganese | Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bigelow | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Fourche | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Kenney (historical) | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Dixie (historical) | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Rankin (historical) | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| New Dixie | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Houston | 4.1 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65212. 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.







