BlockOld Alabam, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in North Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72740. It stands on Mitchell Branch. The Survey maps it on the Forum quadrangle. It stands 1,368 feet above sea level.
On record in Old Alabam
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 1 record
War Eagle Creek Bridgelisted 2008
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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.
- 1900 USGS Eureka Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Eureka Springs quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Forum quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Old Alabam between 1997 and 2018, burning about 387 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 July 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 May 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Old Alabam: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntsville Pit & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| War Eagle Lime Co | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Huntsville | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabam | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Harmony | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Forum | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Truth (historical) | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Huntsville | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Marble | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Purdy | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Hartwell | 6.6 miles | 12 |
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 Old Alabam | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7083372 | 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 52982. 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.