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Smithton, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Caddo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71743. It stands on Coffee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gurdon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Smithton within Clark County

On record in Smithton

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

126 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Smithton (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,605 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 16 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 burning31
Railroad operations and maintenance29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism16
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
5 September 2005Debris and open burning15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined177 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2003Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark 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 Smithton (historical): 6 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
UnkClayUnknown
UnkClayPast Producer
Hardin Lavenrne S & GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mine Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
R MorrisSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rickets Trucking Co PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Smith & Houston PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Smithton0.2 miles16
Gurdon2.0 miles16
Curtis4.0 miles17
Red Springs4.5 miles17
Midway5.0 miles9
Keyton (historical)5.1 miles16
Beirne5.4 miles16
Barringer6.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65028. 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.