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Norristown, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in District 9. It lies in ZIP code area 72802. It stands on Norristown Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Russellville West quadrangle. It stands 548 feet above sea level.

Norristown within Pope County

On record in Norristown

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

31 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Norristown between 1997 and 2020, burning about 179 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
7 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2005Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2006Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Norristown: 24 unknowns, 10 past producers, 8 producers, 1 occurrence. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Black-Sands DepositTitaniumOccurrence
Jacimore Ocher CaveIronUnknown
BerniceClayPast Producer
Shale PitClayUnknown
Barton QyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bernice QuarryStonePast Producer
Cabot Sandstone OperationsStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Ferguson Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
New Hope QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pitts QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pope 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
Russellville1.8 miles19
Ouitaville1.9 miles19
Bernice2.6 miles19
North Dardanelle3.4 miles21
Shiloh3.4 miles19
Bethel3.6 miles19
Mill Creek3.9 miles19
Baker Creek (historical)4.6 miles19

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on NorristownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7053344The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 79314. 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.