Pactolus, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Township 4. It lies in ZIP code area 72736. It stands on Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cherokee City quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Pactolus within Benton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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.

1899 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000
1903 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000
1904 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Cherokee City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1979 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

22 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Pactolus (historical) between 2002 and 2020, burning about 486 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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	8
Debris and open burning	7
Arson/incendiarism	2
Natural	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
21 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
8 August 2011	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	30433
8 August 2011	Natural	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
14 August 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	30575
10 August 2006	Natural	under an acre	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	30570
6 July 2006	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
26 June 2012	Misuse of fire by a minor	7.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 April 2016	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton 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 Pactolus (historical): 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
	Cherokee City Pit & Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
	Independent Gravel Co	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown

Every working recorded in Benton 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
Eldorado Springs (historical)	0.1 miles	19
Jaybird (historical)	1.9 miles	18
Falling Springs	2.5 miles	19
Ionia	2.7 miles	19
Dorsey (historical)	3.4 miles	16
Rome City (historical)	3.9 miles	18
Cave (historical)	4.0 miles	18
Maysville	4.3 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 75952. 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.