Morton, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in McCrory Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72101. The Survey maps it on the Tilton quadrangle.

Morton within Woodruff County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

1940 USGS Tilton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Tilton quadrangle1:62500
1980 USGS Tilton quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

8 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Morton between 2005 and 2018, burning about 91 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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	6
Debris and open burning	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
12 August 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	25 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
21 July 2008	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
12 July 2008	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 March 2018	Arson/incendiarism	2.7 acres	Cache River National Wildlife Refuge	POSSUM CREEK
23 March 2007	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
25 February 2017	Arson/incendiarism	54 acres	Cache River National Wildlife Refuge	WILLIAMS TRACT
23 December 2005	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
23 December 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Cache River National Wildlife Refuge	POSSUM CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Woodruff 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 Morton: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Woodruff County

Storms near this place

4 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morton in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2012: 2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 4 injuries. 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
March 2006	Tornado (F2)	Morton	4 hurt	A strong tornado was spawned in Woodruff County about 4 miles southwest of Morton. The tornado tracked quickly through Morton before exiting into Cross County. The tornado damaged 18 homes in Woodruff County. A large metal building housing a welding shop was destroyed. A church lost a large part of its roof, with several windows blown out. A hunting lodge also suffered considerable roof damage. Several large grain bins were damaged, and a number of outbuildings were destroyed. Numerous power lines and power poles were blown down, with dozens of trees snapped or uprooted.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Morton	$5,000	Trees were blown down.
April 2006	Tornado (F0)	Morton	-	A weak tornado touched down about 4 miles southeast of Morton, or about a mile north of the Primrose community. The only damage noted along the path of the tornado were some downed trees and power lines. The tornado moved out of Woodruff County, about 4.2 miles southeast of Morton, and into Cross County (Memphis County Warning area).
April 2001	Hail	Morton	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Woodruff 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
Pumpkin Bend	3.2 miles	10
Sturdevant (historical)	3.3 miles	10
Taylorville (historical)	3.9 miles	10
Penrose	4.6 miles	11
DeView	5.6 miles	12
McCrory	5.7 miles	10
Bemis	6.3 miles	11
Barson	7.0 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77696. 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.