Sexton, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in Dutch Mills Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72744. It lies near Sugartree Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Westville quadrangle. It stands 1,014 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Sexton within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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.

1898 USGS Tahlequah quadrangle1:125000
1901 USGS Tahlequah quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
1905 USGS Tahlequah quadrangle1:125000
1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Westville quadrangle1:24000
1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Stilwell quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

132 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Sexton (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,638 acres in total. None started naturally. 44 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	44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	38
Debris and open burning	35
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Recreation and ceremony	4
Smoking	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2

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
7 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	15 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	30463
18 September 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.5 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
14 September 2013	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	not named
31 August 2005	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	30542
29 August 2005	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	30540
26 August 2011	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	30446
26 August 2011	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Cherokee Nation Tribe	OLD PINEY
26 August 2003	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Oklahoma Division of Forestry	30584

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Sexton (historical): 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Dutch Mills	2.9 miles	15
Summers	4.6 miles	15
Lincoln	5.0 miles	15
Morrow	5.4 miles	15
Clyde	5.6 miles	15
Canehill	5.9 miles	15
Tolu	7.0 miles	15
Suttle	7.1 miles	15

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.

Wikipedia article on Sexton (historical)	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7458606	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 81941. 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.