BlockNew Town, Arkansas
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1987. It stands in District 8. It lies in ZIP code area 72921. It stands on Prairie Branch. The Survey maps it on the Alma quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 22 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.
- 1890 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1906 USGS Lavaca quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:125000
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Lavaca quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Alma quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Alma quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Alma quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Alma quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
55 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of New Town between 1997 and 2020, burning about 482 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 July 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yoestown | 1.6 miles | 22 | |
| Kibler | 1.6 miles | 22 | |
| Cross Lanes | 2.0 miles | 22 | |
| Westville | 2.8 miles | 28 | |
| Catcher | 3.9 miles | 28 | |
| New Haroldton | 3.9 miles | 25 | |
| Alma | 4.1 miles | 22 | |
| Concord | 4.5 miles | 28 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58261. 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.