BlockLeighton, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Belcher Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72160. The Survey maps it on the Geridge quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1937 USGS Stuttgart quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Stuttgart quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Geridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Stuttgart quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Leighton (historical) between 1999 and 2017, burning about 53 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 February 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 November 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Leighton (historical): 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmount | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Beecher (historical) | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Kay | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Slovaktown (historical) | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Slovak | 8.0 miles | 16 | |
| Nahay (historical) | 8.4 miles | 16 | |
| Ulm | 9.4 miles | 15 | |
| Bardill (historical) | 10.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 60018. 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.