New Salem, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Fletcher Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72370. It stands on Lynch Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Luxora quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1939 USGS Blytheville quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Blytheville quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Blytheville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Blytheville quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Luxora quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Blytheville quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Blytheville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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 New Salem: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stauffer Phosphate Deposit No.4 | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 61858. 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.
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.






