Old Texas, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in California Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72061. The Survey maps it on the Guy quadrangle.

Old Texas within Faulkner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Bee Branch quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1961 USGS Guy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Conway quadrangle1:100000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1994 USGS Guy quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

55 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Old Texas between 1998 and 2020, burning about 509 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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	26
Arson/incendiarism	14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Recreation and ceremony	2
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
5 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	33 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 2006	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 2006	Debris and open burning	12 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 August 2011	Natural	22 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
31 August 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
17 August 1999	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Faulkner County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Old Texas: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Stell Pit & Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unk	Clay	Past Producer
Unk	Stone	Past Producer
Unk	Stone	Past Producer
Unk Shale Pits 3	Clay	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Faulkner 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Rowlett (historical)	1.1 miles	12
Guy	2.4 miles	12
Enders	3.2 miles	10
Centerville	3.9 miles	12
McGintytown	5.3 miles	11
Pinnacle Springs (historical)	5.5 miles	13
Soda Valley	5.9 miles	12
Barney	6.6 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76121. 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.