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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 29 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.
- 1879 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:62500
- 1887 USGS Van Buren quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1943 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:125000
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Van Buren quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 August 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 28 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 June 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2002 | Natural | 11 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 April 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 March 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 March 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 March 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Stone | Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Fort Smith Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| General Inn Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jeffrey Sand Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Preston Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moffett | 0.6 miles | 29 | |
| Shady Grove | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Roland | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Lone Oak | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Paw Paw | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Cottonwood | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Remy | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Liberty | 7.8 miles | 14 |
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 Q122550785 | 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 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.














