BlockBefore

Wrenton, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Fairview Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72534. It stands on Mitchell Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Plains quadrangle.

Wrenton within Independence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

101 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Wrenton between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,766 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 46 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/incendiarism46
Debris and open burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1

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
7 September 2004Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2005Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Independence County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Wrenton: 5 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Clay, Stone, Iron. 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
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkIronUnknown
UnkClayUnknown
UnkClayUnknown
GreenfieldManganeseUnknown
Kelley ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Lizzie BrannonManganesePast Producer

Every working recorded in Independence 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
Cedar Grove2.3 miles15
Floral3.0 miles15
Hutchinson3.1 miles18
Huff5.4 miles15
Pleasant Plains5.8 miles15
Jamestown6.1 miles18
McHue6.4 miles18
Southside7.6 miles17

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 Q122566597The 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 68066. 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.