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Tafton, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Big Rock Township. It stands on Cane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Woodson quadrangle.

Tafton within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

113 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Tafton between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,432 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 28 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 burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Arson/incendiarism28
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2016Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2004Arson/incendiarism19 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 51 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 51 workings within 5 miles of Tafton: 43 unknowns, 6 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Niobium (Columbium). 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
Fourche Bayou DepositNiobium (Columbium)Occurrence
Elkins PitClayProducer
Little Rock Industrial Minerals PntClayProducer
Granite Mountain MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Granite Mountain Quarry #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Granite Mountain Quarry #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sweet Home Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Alford-Ross DepositAluminumUnknown
Bates DepositAluminumUnknown
Birnbach DepositAluminumUnknown

Every working recorded in Pulaski 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
Wrightsville1.2 miles18
Higgins2.3 miles23
Ironton3.1 miles26
Rottaken3.2 miles18
Bingham3.7 miles22
Woodyardville4.1 miles26
Sweet Home4.8 miles23
Dickey (historical)4.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58726. 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.