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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.

Slabtown within Grant County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

295 since 1997

Regional 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 burning136
Missing data/not specified/undetermined71
Arson/incendiarism64
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Grant County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hyman Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
J CarpenteSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Grant County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2008FloodSlabtown$300,000Water was over the roads.
May 2025LightningSlabtown$10,000The 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 2023HailSlabtown-Baseball and softball sized hail fell east of Landers on Country Club Road.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindSlabtown-A large limb was blown down and was on Grant County Road 10.

Every storm recorded in Grant 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
Cherry Grove (historical)1.2 miles9
Deer Creek1.6 miles9
Sheridan2.8 miles9
Cross Roads2.9 miles9
Turin (historical)4.9 miles9
Ain5.2 miles9
Ebb5.5 miles9
Millerville5.9 miles9

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.