Latham, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72141. It lies near Sis Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Rex quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Latham within Van Buren County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

1892 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
1894 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
1901 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Rex quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

36 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Latham (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 605 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined	15
Arson/incendiarism	11
Debris and open burning	8
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Natural	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
28 August 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 July 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
25 July 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	89 acres	Ozark-St. Francis National Forests	LIBERTY SPRINGS
30 June 2012	Natural	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
20 May 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 April 2016	Arson/incendiarism	13 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 April 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
3 April 2004	Arson/incendiarism	25 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Van Buren 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
Rex	2.5 miles	16
Williams Gulf (historical)	2.7 miles	16
Racket Ridge (historical)	3.0 miles	16
Koones Gulf (historical)	3.2 miles	21
Gridley (historical)	4.2 miles	16
Gladys (historical)	4.4 miles	15
Alread	4.6 miles	15
Edge (historical)	4.6 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 68677. 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.