Metalton, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Southeast Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72616. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marble quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 13 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.
- 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 Marble quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
45 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Metalton between 1997 and 2020, burning about 848 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2000 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2012 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 June 1998 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 May 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
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 Metalton: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fancher Tract | Manganese | Prospect |
Storms near this place
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Metalton in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 4 hail, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Metalton | $200,000 | Numerous roads were flooded and closed in and around Metalton, Oak Grove, and Carrollton. Some of these were washed out by flood water. Five houses were evacuated due to flood waters. |
| April 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Metalton | $50,000 | The tornado that began about 1 mile west-southwest of Alabam in Madison County Arkansas continued into Carroll County about 9.4 miles south-southwest of Berryville. The tornado damaged a home, destroyed barns, and caused extensive tree damage before it dissipated south of Berryville. |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Metalton | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew the roof off a barn. |
| May 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Metalton | - | This tornado developed north of Highway 412, just east of the Carroll County line and moved east toward Dryfork. The tornado snapped and uprooted numerous trees. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 100 to 105 mph. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Metalton | - | A low water crossing along Dry Fork Creek was impassable just west of State Highway 21. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Metalton | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Metalton | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Metalton | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Metalton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dean | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Rudd | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Cave Spring (historical) | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Wolf Pen (historical) | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Cabanal | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Gobbler | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Conner | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Dryfork | 5.3 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Metalton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q38251036 | 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 57114. 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.









