Uniontown, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in District 1. It lies in ZIP code area 72955. The Survey maps it on the Uniontown quadrangle. 112 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 866 feet above sea level.
On record in Uniontown
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 1 record
Slack-Comstock-Marshall Farmlisted 1995
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1898 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Winslow #3 quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Uniontown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Stilwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
202 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Uniontown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,074 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 86 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 86 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 |
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | SHILOH RD. |
| 3 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2003 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | SHILOH |
| 22 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30551 |
| 20 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30523 |
| 20 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30524 |
| 12 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Uniontown in 17 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 9 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Uniontown | $30,000 | This is the second segment of a two segment tornado. In Crawford County, this tornado destroyed the roof of a mobile home, damaged outbuildings, and uprooted trees near the state line. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted as it moved across Highway 59 and Arkansas 220, finally dissipating after crossing White Water Road, east-southeast of Natural Dam. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 95 to 105 mph. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Uniontown | $20,000 | Large hail up to golfball size covered the ground several inches deep. |
| January 2013 | Tornado (EF2) | Uniontown | $20,000 | This is the second of two segments of this tornado. The tornado moved into Crawford County, Arkansas, tearing a path through the woods of more than 1/3 of a mile wide. Numerous hardwood and softwood trees were snapped or uprooted. The most pronounced tree damage was on Rainwater Road northwest of Uniontown. Power poles were snapped and a home had minor damage. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 115 to 125 mph. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Uniontown | $15,000 | no account filed |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Uniontown | $5,000 | Barns were damaged by thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Uniontown | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind damaged trees and fences. |
| March 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Uniontown | $2,000 | A tornado snapped or uprooted a number of softwood trees and several hardwood trees. It also damaged the roof of a mobile home. Maximum estimated wind in the tornado based on this damage was 95 to 105 mph. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Uniontown | - | Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted trees. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Uniontown | - | Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted trees. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Uniontown | - | Thundestorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees. |
| October 1995 | Hail | Uniontown | - | A severe thunderstorm in Crawford County produced dime-size hail at Uniontown and eight miles north of Mountainburg. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Uniontown | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Uniontown | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Uniontown | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Uniontown | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Uniontown | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Uniontown | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Cedarville | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Dripping Springs | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Natural Dam | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Figure Five | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Hobbtown | 7.5 miles | 17 | |
| Rena | 8.1 miles | 28 | |
| Davidson | 8.2 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Uniontown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7886835 | 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 78629. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








