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Sandtown, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72501. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sandtown quadrangle.

Sandtown within Independence County

On record in Sandtown

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 18 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

176 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 176 fires within 5 miles of Sandtown between 1997 and 2020, burning about 4,371 acres in total. None started naturally. 84 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/incendiarism84
Debris and open burning46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1999Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2001Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Independence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 90 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 90 workings within 5 miles of Sandtown: 62 past producers, 13 unknowns, 8 prospects, 5 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Limestone, General, Iron. 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
Blue Ridge MineManganese, IronPast Producer
Limedale Quarry & MillLimestone, GeneralProducer
UnkLimestone, GeneralUnknown
Hickory ValleyPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Lower Cave Crk Manganese LimestoneManganese, Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspect1915
Upper Cave Crk Manganese CarbonateManganese, Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspect
A G Gray MineManganesePast Producer1918
A R ChinnManganesePast Producer1917
Adler Prospect No 1ManganesePast Producer1934
Adler Prospect No 2ManganesePast Producer1937

Every working recorded in Independence County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sandtown in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 1 flash flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2011Flash FloodSandtown$25,000Roads were under water from Batesville to Cave City. Some culverts were washed out.
April 2026HailSandtown-Golf-ball sized hail fell near the community of Cave City.

Every storm recorded in Independence 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
Hickory Valley4.2 miles19
Alvis (historical)5.0 miles18
Blowing Cave (historical)5.8 miles20
Pfeiffer6.1 miles20
Cushman6.7 miles18
Big Spring Mill7.1 miles20
Limedale Junction7.4 miles20
Meadow Heights7.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 54561. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.