Slabtown, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Merry Green Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72150. The Survey maps it on the Sheridan quadrangle.
On record in Slabtown
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 5 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Koon House #6listed 1999 · 0.2 miles away
Koon House #1listed 1999 · 0.5 miles away- Koon House #4listed 1999 · 0.1 miles away
- Koon House #3listed 1999 · 0.1 miles away
- Koon House #2listed 1999 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Sheridan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
295 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 295 fires within 5 miles of Slabtown between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,361 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 64 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 136 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 71 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 64 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 44 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Slabtown: 41 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hyman Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| J Carpente | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Slabtown in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2008 | Flood | Slabtown | $300,000 | Water was over the roads. |
| May 2025 | Lightning | Slabtown | $10,000 | The South Sheridan Water Association Treatment Plant was struck by lightning. A fire developed and led to significant damage to the structure and equipment housed inside. This led to a temporary loss of water service to area residents. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Slabtown | - | Baseball and softball sized hail fell east of Landers on Country Club Road. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slabtown | - | A large limb was blown down and was on Grant County Road 10. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Grove (historical) | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| Deer Creek | 1.6 miles | 9 | |
| Sheridan | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Cross Roads | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Turin (historical) | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Ain | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Ebb | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Millerville | 5.9 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 60644. 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.





