Mountain Top, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Mountain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72949. It lies near Brushy Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Hunt quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1906 USGS Batson quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Hunt quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
58 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Top between 1992 and 2018, burning about 552 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 36 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 | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 July 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 May 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | not named |
| 3 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | MORGAN KNOB #2 |
| 3 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | CLEAR CREEK |
| 3 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | ACORN |
| 25 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | PINE FLAT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mountain Top: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 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.
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mountain Top in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2012: 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Hail | Mountain Top | - | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Hail | Mountain Top | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mineral Springs | 1.3 miles | 10 | |
| Pittston Junction | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Peanut | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Beach Grove | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Redding | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Barnes | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Paradise | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Watalula | 6.2 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 63020. 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.







