Keyton, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Caddo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71743. It stands on Scrouge Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gurdon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Keyton within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

1901 USGS Gurdon quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Gurdon quadrangle1:24000
1972 USGS Gurdon quadrangle1:62500
1986 USGS Hope quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

158 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Keyton (historical) between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,113 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 12 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
Railroad operations and maintenance	66
Equipment and vehicle use	27
Debris and open burning	25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15
Arson/incendiarism	12
Natural	8
Smoking	2
Recreation and ceremony	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
9 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2003	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	7.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	6.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 1999	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2003	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Keyton (historical): 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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	Clay	Unknown
	Unk	Clay	Unknown

Every working recorded in Clark 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Dobyville	3.4 miles	10
Burtsell	3.9 miles	15
Native (historical)	4.5 miles	15
Gurdon	4.9 miles	16
Bethel	4.9 miles	10
Smithton (historical)	5.1 miles	16
Smithton	5.3 miles	16
Beirne	5.7 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65023. 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.