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.
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.
Lee's Chapel Church and Masonic Halllisted 2001 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1890 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Sandtown quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Sandtown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Sandtown quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
176 since 1997Regional 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/incendiarism | 84 |
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 90 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ridge Mine | Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Limedale Quarry & Mill | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Unk | Limestone, General | Unknown | ||
| Hickory Valley | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Unknown | ||
| Lower Cave Crk Manganese Limestone | Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Prospect | 1915 | |
| Upper Cave Crk Manganese Carbonate | Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Prospect | ||
| A G Gray Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| A R Chinn | Manganese | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Adler Prospect No 1 | Manganese | Past Producer | 1934 | |
| Adler Prospect No 2 | Manganese | Past Producer | 1937 |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2011 | Flash Flood | Sandtown | $25,000 | Roads were under water from Batesville to Cave City. Some culverts were washed out. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Sandtown | - | Golf-ball sized hail fell near the community of Cave City. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Valley | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Alvis (historical) | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Blowing Cave (historical) | 5.8 miles | 20 | |
| Pfeiffer | 6.1 miles | 20 | |
| Cushman | 6.7 miles | 18 | |
| Big Spring Mill | 7.1 miles | 20 | |
| Limedale Junction | 7.4 miles | 20 | |
| Meadow Heights | 7.6 miles | 20 |
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.







