Osotouy, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Chester Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72166. The Survey maps it on the Watson quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Osotouy within Arkansas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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.

1935 USGS Red Fork quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Watson quadrangle1:24000
1971 USGS Dumas quadrangle1:62500
1986 USGS Dumas quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

3 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Osotouy (historical) between 1997 and 2015, burning about 38 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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	3

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
21 May 2006	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
24 February 1997	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge	WILLIAMS 1
14 February 2015	Debris and open burning	7.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Arkansas County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Osotouy (historical): 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
	Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Arkansas 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
Medina	3.4 miles	12
Benzal	5.8 miles	12
Arkansas Post	5.8 miles	12
Arkansas (historical)	5.9 miles	12
Prairie Landing	8.8 miles	16
Jacks Bay Landing	10.1 miles	16
Tichnor	12.0 miles	12
Gillett	12.0 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62273. 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.