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Holt, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Big Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72655. It stands on Campbell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lurton quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Holt within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

40 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Holt (historical) between 1993 and 2019, burning about 632 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 13 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
Arson/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural7
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony3
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
10 September 2005Recreation and ceremony65 acresOzark-St. Francis National Forests123
27 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsCAVE CREEK
13 August 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsCOPPER HEAD
26 July 2012Naturalunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsHIGH NINE
20 July 2012Natural6.5 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsNELLIE
20 July 2012Naturalunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsHUDSON MT.
11 July 2012Natural2.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsRICKETTS
5 April 2011Natural12 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsTHRONE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Holt (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkStonePast 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
Pleasant Hill3.7 miles14
Spence Jucntion3.9 miles15
Cowell4.3 miles14
Lurton4.8 miles15
Red Rock5.7 miles13
Mount Judea5.8 miles14
Crossroad6.4 miles13
Bass6.5 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69922. 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.