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Albert, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hopper Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71935. It lies near Pryor Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Langley quadrangle.

Albert within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

57 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Albert between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,040 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 21 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/incendiarism21
Natural18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Natural91 acresOuachita National ForestVILES BRANCH
25 September 2001Natural5.0 acresOuachita National ForestHOG PEN
12 September 2006Natural9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2012Naturalunder an acreOuachita National Forest517
29 August 1992Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresOuachita National Forestnot named
28 August 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOuachita National ForestBRIER CREEK GATE
26 August 1995Natural30 acresOuachita National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Albert: 18 unknowns, 4 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Barium-Barite, Slate, Dimension, Silica. 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
North Mountain MineCopper, ManganesePast Producer1916
Pike County ClaysKaolinUnknown
SugarstickCobaltOccurrence
LangleySilicaUnknown
Little MissouriSilicaUnknown
UnknownSilicaUnknown
C.F. Saviac QuarrySlate, DimensionUnknown
Pike Mining CoSlate, DimensionUnknown
UnknownSlate, DimensionUnknown
UnknownSlate, DimensionUnknown

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

4 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Albert in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2016: 3 flash flood, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2011Flash FloodAlbert$10,000Flash flooding along the Little Missouri River at the Albert Pike Recreation Area trapped a Boy Scout troop, preventing them from returning on schedule.
August 2016Flash FloodAlbert-A few roadways are impassable due to culvert washouts and landslides.
January 2015Flash FloodAlbert-An off duty state trooper reported rapidly rising water along the Little Missouri River and was starting to overflow it's banks. Evacuations of several homes along the river had occurred.
October 2010HailAlbert-Hail fell at the Albert Pike Recreation Area.

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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
Cox Spring6.0 miles15
Slatington (historical)6.4 miles15
Alf8.2 miles15
Sulphur Springs8.6 miles15
Hopper9.9 miles17
Union Hill10.3 miles15
Black Springs10.6 miles16
Redbird (historical)11.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 70416. 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.

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.