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Slatington, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Black Springs Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71960. It stands on Wehunt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Polk Creek Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Slatington within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

Fires near this place

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Slatington (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 11,708 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 25 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
Natural26
Arson/incendiarism25
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
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
9 September 1995Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresOuachita National Forestnot named
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreOuachita National ForestABERNATHY SPRINGS #4
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism35 acresOuachita National ForestCOX SPRINGS
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresOuachita National ForestCOUNTY LINE
15 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2011Natural705 acresOuachita National ForestCHRISOPHER MOUNTAIN
14 September 2011Natural5.0 acresOuachita National ForestSULPHUR CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Slatington (historical): 3 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Copper, Barium-Barite, Slate, Dimension. 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
North Mountain MineCopper, ManganesePast Producer1916
Polk Creek Mt ProspectBarium-Barite, ManganeseUnknown
UnknownSlate, DimensionUnknown
Lost Hatchet MineManganesePast Producer
Slatington Mountain ProspectsManganeseProspect1916
Still MineManganesePast Producer1916
Sugartree MountainManganeseUnknown

Every working recorded in Montgomery 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
Cox Spring1.6 miles15
Alf1.8 miles15
Sulphur Springs2.3 miles15
Union Hill4.0 miles15
Redbird (historical)5.3 miles15
Albert6.4 miles15
Mimosa7.4 miles15
Gaston8.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 63624. 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.