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.
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.
Mountain View Schoollisted 1992 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1888 USGS Dardanelle #1 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Dardanelle quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Russellville West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Russellville West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
31 since 1997Regional 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 burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 43 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black-Sands Deposit | Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Jacimore Ocher Cave | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Bernice | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Shale Pit | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Barton Qy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bernice Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Cabot Sandstone Operations | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Ferguson Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| New Hope Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pitts Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russellville | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Ouitaville | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| Bernice | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| North Dardanelle | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Shiloh | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Bethel | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Mill Creek | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Baker Creek (historical) | 4.6 miles | 19 |
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 Norristown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7053344 | The 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.









