Shakertown, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Caddo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71923. It stands on Black Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sparkman NW quadrangle.

Shakertown within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

1903 USGS Camden quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Sparkman NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Camden quadrangle1:100000
1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

102 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Shakertown between 1997 and 2018, burning about 1,911 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 36 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	36
Debris and open burning	32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	16
Natural	7
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Recreation and ceremony	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
3 September 2006	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2004	Equipment and vehicle use	20 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 August 2000	Debris and open burning	12 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
5 August 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
30 August 2004	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 August 1998	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
2 August 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Shakertown: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unk	Clay	Past Producer
	Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Clark 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
Hebron (historical)	2.2 miles	15
Red Springs	4.9 miles	17
Vaden	4.9 miles	15
Kansas	5.3 miles	15
Trace	6.9 miles	15
Smithton	7.7 miles	16
Curtis	7.9 miles	17
Smithton (historical)	7.9 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58599. 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.