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Mouton, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Umpire Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71971. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Umpire quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mouton within Howard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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.

Fires near this place

86 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Mouton (historical) between 1998 and 2019, burning about 868 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 38 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/incendiarism38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Debris and open burning9
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2000Arson/incendiarism15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2004Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2004Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mouton (historical): 2 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Quartz. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Shady Lake MillManganesePast Producer
UnknownQuartzOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Howard 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Bethel (historical)1.5 miles18
Umpire1.8 miles18
Mineola1.9 miles18
Pates (historical)2.0 miles16
Old Thompson (historical)2.5 miles16
Bluff Springs (historical)2.5 miles18
Midway (historical)2.5 miles18
Brushy (historical)2.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62713. 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.