South Fort Smith, Arkansas
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Upper Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72901. The Survey maps it on the South Fort Smith quadrangle.
On record in South Fort Smith
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Oscar Chambers Houselisted 2016 · 0.3 miles away
Elmwood Cemeterylisted 2018 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 25 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.
- 1879 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:62500
- 1887 USGS Van Buren quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1943 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:125000
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Van Buren quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS South Fort Smith quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS South Fort Smith quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS South Fort Smith quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of South Fort Smith between 1993 and 2017, burning about 89 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 32 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 March 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of South Fort Smith: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Aggregate, Light Weight. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rescolite Company | Aggregate, Light Weight | Past Producer | ||
| Fort Smith Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| General Inn Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jeffrey Sand Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Preston Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Creek | 1.3 miles | 25 | |
| Cavanaugh | 1.9 miles | 25 | |
| Bashe | 2.2 miles | 25 | |
| Buell | 2.2 miles | 25 | |
| Saw Mill | 3.1 miles | 25 | |
| Massard | 3.4 miles | 25 | |
| Fort Smith | 3.8 miles | 29 | |
| Crescent | 3.8 miles | 25 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122569659 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58657. 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.












