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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.

Lurton within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

39 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning4
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 1999Debris and open burning30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsCAVE CREEK
26 July 2012Naturalunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsHIGH NINE
24 July 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsROAD SIDE
20 July 2012Natural6.5 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsNELLIE
9 April 2006Natural37 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsCOLEMAN
5 April 2005Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsTARLTON # 1
5 April 2005Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsTARLTON #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pelsor QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Newton County

Storms near this place

19 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 1994Thunderstorm WindLurton$5,000Several highway signs and antennas were blown down.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindLurton-Numerous trees were blown down across the county, specifically a few trees were blown down blocking Arkansas Highway 7.
February 2023HailLurton-This was a delayed report.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindLurton-A few trees were down.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindLurton-A tree was blocking a Forest Service road.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindLurton-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindLurton-Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a shed.
September 2012HailLurton-no account filed
April 2011HailLurton-no account filed
December 2010HailLurton-no account filed
April 2006HailLurton-no account filed
April 2004HailLurton-no account filed
January 2000Thunderstorm WindLurton-no account filed
May 1999HailLurton-no account filed
September 1998HailLurton-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindLurton-no account filed
October 1995HailLurton-no account filed
April 1995HailLurton-no account filed
July 1994HailLurton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Newton 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
Spence Jucntion1.3 miles15
Chancel3.8 miles14
Pleasant Hill4.6 miles14
Holt (historical)4.8 miles15
Moore5.4 miles21
Cowell5.7 miles14
Ben Hur6.2 miles22
Deer8.0 miles14

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 Q122594685The 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.