Lurton, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72856. The Survey maps it on the Lurton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1933 USGS Mt Judea quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Mt Judea quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Mt Judea SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Lurton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Lurton between 1992 and 2018, burning about 579 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 16 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/incendiarism | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | CAVE CREEK |
| 26 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | HIGH NINE |
| 24 July 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | ROAD SIDE |
| 20 July 2012 | Natural | 6.5 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | NELLIE |
| 9 April 2006 | Natural | 37 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | COLEMAN |
| 5 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.1 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | TARLTON # 1 |
| 5 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | TARLTON #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lurton: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelsor Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lurton in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 11 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lurton | $5,000 | Several highway signs and antennas were blown down. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lurton | - | Numerous trees were blown down across the county, specifically a few trees were blown down blocking Arkansas Highway 7. |
| February 2023 | Hail | Lurton | - | This was a delayed report. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lurton | - | A few trees were down. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lurton | - | A tree was blocking a Forest Service road. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lurton | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lurton | - | Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a shed. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Lurton | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Lurton | - | no account filed |
| December 2010 | Hail | Lurton | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Lurton | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Lurton | - | no account filed |
| January 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lurton | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Lurton | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Lurton | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lurton | - | no account filed |
| October 1995 | Hail | Lurton | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Lurton | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Lurton | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spence Jucntion | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Chancel | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Holt (historical) | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Moore | 5.4 miles | 21 | |
| Cowell | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Ben Hur | 6.2 miles | 22 | |
| Deer | 8.0 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122594685 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 72519. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









