Matoka, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Extra Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71646. The Survey maps it on the Wilmot SW quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Matoka within Ashley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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.

1935 USGS Wilmot quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Wilmot quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1960 USGS Wilmot SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Crossett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
2002 USGS Wilmot SW quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

23 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Matoka (historical) between 1999 and 2020, burning about 232 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 7 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	7
Debris and open burning	6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Natural	4
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
2 September 2011	Debris and open burning	60 acres	Overflow National Wildlife Refuge	FARM FIRE #3
13 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
9 August 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
18 August 2014	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	ASH7611742
9 July 2011	Natural	14 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
2 July 2008	Arson/incendiarism	20 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
18 July 2013	Natural	1.0 acres	Overflow National Wildlife Refuge	OVERFLOW WHEAT LIGHTNING
16 July 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ashley 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
Berlin	3.1 miles	11
Kimball	6.0 miles	17
Elon (historical)	7.4 miles	11
Wilmot	7.5 miles	17
Rawls	8.0 miles	11
Gulledge	8.3 miles	11
Rolfe Junction	9.6 miles	11
Parkdale	10.1 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62456. 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.