Mount Tabor, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Hale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71949. It stands on Big Branch. The Survey maps it on the Avant quadrangle.

Mount Tabor within Garland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

1890 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:125000
1894 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Avant quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Lake Ouachita quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

74 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Mount Tabor between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,523 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 34 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	34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Natural	9
Debris and open burning	8
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Smoking	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
6 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9.0 acres	Ouachita National Forest	BOAT RAMP
6 September 2001	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Ouachita National Forest	SECTION 34
4 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Ouachita National Forest	SECTION 26
3 September 1995	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Ouachita National Forest	not named
26 September 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1995	Smoking	2.0 acres	Ouachita National Forest	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garland County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mount Tabor: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Gemstone. 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
	A C Avant Area	Silica	Past Producer
	Delinde Wavellite Mine	Gemstone	Prospect	1965, 1967

Every working recorded in Garland 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
Oakwood (historical)	2.9 miles	14
Gladstone (historical)	3.2 miles	14
Avant	4.3 miles	14
Bucksville (historical)	6.6 miles	15
Cedar Glades (historical)	6.9 miles	15
Hamilton	10.9 miles	13
Crystal Springs Landing	11.1 miles	15
Lena (historical)	11.7 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 72771. 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.