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West Fort Smith, Oklahoma

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Roland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74946. The Survey maps it on the Fort Smith quadrangle.

West Fort Smith within Sequoyah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 29 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

20 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of West Fort Smith between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,876 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 September 1998Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
10 August 2000Misuse of fire by a minor28 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
14 June 2010Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 April 2002Natural11 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
12 April 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
25 March 1999Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
21 March 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 March 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sequoyah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of West Fort Smith: 10 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
UnkStoneProducer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Fort Smith PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
General Inn QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jeffrey Sand CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Preston QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sequoyah 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
Moffett0.6 miles29
Shady Grove3.9 miles14
Roland4.3 miles14
Lone Oak5.8 miles14
Paw Paw5.9 miles15
Cottonwood6.1 miles15
Remy6.5 miles14
Liberty7.8 miles14

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 Q122550785The 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 1100932. 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.