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Round Top, Arkansas

16 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 72768. It lies near Roundtop. The Survey maps it on the Gravette quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Round Top within Benton County

On record in Round Top

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

39 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Round Top (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,200 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 15 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/incendiarism15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 August 2012Natural50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined36 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2012Natural44 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 1997Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 July 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2006Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Round Top (historical): 10 past producers, 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
Armstrong & Cravens QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
John P Hughes QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Joplin-Elk River Stone Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lewis QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Madge Stone Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mill Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Crump (historical)1.2 miles18
Sulphur Springs1.4 miles16
Checks Corner (historical)2.1 miles18
Lee (historical)2.2 miles18
Beaty3.2 miles18
Wann (historical)4.2 miles18
Miller Springs (historical)4.2 miles18
Gravette4.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76007. 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.