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Laytonville, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 11. It lies in ZIP code area 72653. It lies near Fletcher Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo City quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Laytonville within Baxter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

73 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Laytonville (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,881 acres in total. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1

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
30 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2012Debris and open burning42 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 2001Natural11 acresBuffalo National RiverGRANITEMTN
6 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBuffalo National RiverLBRWA2-WF
6 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBuffalo National RiverLBRWA1-WF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baxter County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Laytonville (historical): 6 unknowns, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Lion Hill MineLead, ZincPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownLead, ZincUnknown
Big Elephant MineLead, ZincUnknown
Cane Spring MineLead, ZincUnknown
Ike Emery ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Michigan MineLead, ZincUnknown
Prince Fred MineZincPast Producer
Turkey MountainZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Baxter 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
Buford2.5 miles18
Buffalo City2.9 miles18
Cartney3.3 miles18
Conville (historical)3.8 miles18
Shipp4.3 miles17
Shady Grove4.4 miles18
Advance4.9 miles18
Lone Rock5.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69395. 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.