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Norton, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Northeast Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72638. It lies near Miller Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Green Forest quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Norton within Carroll County

On record in Norton

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 12 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

41 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Norton (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 508 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 1999Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 April 2011Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 April 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 April 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 April 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 April 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Norton (historical): 5 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, Limestone, General. 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
Hittson ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Unk QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer
R & R Gravel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
R&R Gravel PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Osage PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
R & R Quarry No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Carroll 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
Green Forest0.9 miles12
New Town (historical)1.4 miles12
Brasswell Spring (historical)2.5 miles12
Cisco3.4 miles13
Rule4.2 miles12
Hough5.1 miles12
Coin5.6 miles12
Farewell5.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69233. 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.