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Old Thompson, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Mountain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71959. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Athens quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Old Thompson within Howard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

105 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Old Thompson (historical) between 1995 and 2020, burning about 684 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 61 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
Arson/incendiarism61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Natural10
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2000Arson/incendiarism15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2006Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Natural91 acresOuachita National ForestVILES BRANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Old Thompson (historical): 4 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Manganese. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Harold Bullard ProspectsManganeseProspect
Shale PitClayUnknown
Viles CreekBarium-BaritePast Producer
Little MissouriSilicaUnknown
UnknownSilicaUnknown

Every working recorded in Howard 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
New Thompson (historical)1.1 miles16
Athens1.4 miles16
Henry1.6 miles16
Mouton (historical)2.5 miles18
Pates (historical)2.6 miles16
Brushy (historical)2.9 miles16
Mineola3.3 miles18
Midway (historical)3.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62645. 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.