Mante, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in North Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72740. It lies near Bohannan Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Hartwell quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mante within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 12 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.

1900 USGS Eureka Springs quadrangle1:125000
1901 USGS Eureka Springs quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Hartwell quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

13 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Mante (historical) between 1998 and 2017, burning about 160 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Debris and open burning	5
Smoking	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
6 March 2005	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 March 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
19 March 2004	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 February 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
21 February 2004	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 November 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
28 November 2002	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
25 November 2012	Recreation and ceremony	15 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Mante (historical): 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
May A Smith	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
R E Neil	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Huntsville	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Hartwell	2.5 miles	12
Roxton	3.3 miles	12
Huntsville	3.7 miles	13
Hindsville	4.9 miles	14
Buckeye	5.1 miles	14
Drakes Creek	5.1 miles	12
Cross Roads	5.2 miles	14
Harmony	5.5 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 66405. 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.