Stone, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marion County Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72634. It stands on Mitchell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cotter SW quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 17 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.
- 1893 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1929 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Cotter SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Cotter SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Bull Shoals Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
34 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Stone (historical) between 1998 and 2019, burning about 374 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 July 2012 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 May 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 April 2018 | 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 53 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Stone (historical): 29 occurrences, 19 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corbin Iron Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Marion County Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Flippin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Flippin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unknown Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Big Buck Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Big Elephant Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Cincinnati Bill Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingdom Springs (historical) | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Fairview | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Bull Shoals | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Flippin | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Midway | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Summit | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Lakeway | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Yellville | 8.2 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 61074. 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.












