Mount Vernon, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Madison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72335. The Survey maps it on the Forrest City quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mount Vernon within St. Francis County

On record in Mount Vernon

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Campbell Houselisted 2006 · 0.8 miles away
Forrest City High Schoollisted 1992 · 0.6 miles away
Stuart Springslisted 1977 · 0.6 miles away
Forrest City City Halllisted 2022 · 1.0 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

1939 USGS Wynne quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Forrest City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Wynne quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1986 USGS Memphis West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

52 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Mount Vernon (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 389 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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
Debris and open burning	23
Arson/incendiarism	15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	2

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
3 September 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 1999	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 August 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
18 August 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
11 August 2000	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 July 1998	Arson/incendiarism	29 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
17 May 2001	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Francis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Mount Vernon (historical): 8 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Colvins Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Crisp Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Forrest City Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Forrest City Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
St.Francis Materials Co	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in St. Francis 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
Forrest City	1.2 miles	12
Rosine	1.2 miles	12
Monica	2.0 miles	16
Crow Creek	2.8 miles	14
Union Hill	2.9 miles	12
Harris	3.1 miles	12
Redfern	3.3 miles	16
Telico (historical)	3.5 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 82985. 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.