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Wolverton, Arkansas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Fletcher Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72358. It stands on Mill Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Luxora quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Wolverton within Mississippi County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 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

1 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Wolverton (historical) in 2017, burning about 12 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning1

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 March 2017Debris and open burning12 acresTennessee Division of ForestryLONG HOLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mississippi County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wolverton (historical): 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Stauffer Phosphate Deposit No.4Phosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mississippi 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
Luxora1.1 miles9
Toluca2.7 miles9
Moran3.2 miles10
Rosa3.2 miles10
Tuckertown3.5 miles9
New Salem3.8 miles9
Burdette4.1 miles9
Osceola5.1 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 61857. 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.