Protho Junction, Arkansas
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72117. The Survey maps it on the McAlmont quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 21 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.
- 1891 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Camp Pike quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1935 USGS Mc Almont quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Mc Almont quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Mc Almont quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Mc Almont quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Mc Almont quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS McAlmont quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Mc Almont quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
15 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Protho Junction between 2001 and 2017, burning about 84 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 June 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Protho Junction: 6 producers, 4 unknowns, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Vermiculite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction Products Division | Vermiculite | Producer | ||
| Little Rock Plant | Aluminum, Clay | Unknown | ||
| Big Sandy No. 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| North Little Rock Plant and Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bruton Deposit | Aluminum | Unknown | ||
| Bruton Extension | Aluminum | Unknown | ||
| No.3 | Aluminum | Unknown | ||
| Cabot Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Crystal Hl | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Little Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pecan Grove | 0.6 miles | 21 | |
| Rose City | 0.8 miles | 21 | |
| Lansbrook | 0.8 miles | 21 | |
| Fairman | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| Dixie | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Niemeyer (historical) | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Booker | 2.0 miles | 21 | |
| Eureka Garden | 2.2 miles | 21 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122594862 | 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 58439. 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.














