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Albion, Arkansas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Big Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72143. It stands on Little Creek. The Survey maps it on the Letona quadrangle.

Albion within White County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

53 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Albion between 1997 and 2020, burning about 666 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
Debris and open burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking2
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
28 September 2004Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2014Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionWHI17514057
1 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2012Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Albion: 3 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Manganese. 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
Aydelott MineManganeseUnknown
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in White County

Storms near this place

6 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Albion in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2018: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. 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
August 2008Thunderstorm WindAlbion$5,000Trees and power lines were down along Arkansas Highway 16. The highway was completely blocked by the trees and power lines.
February 2018Flash FloodAlbion-Water was running over Smith Road.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindAlbion-A tree was down across Arkansas Highway 16.
April 2006HailAlbion-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindAlbion-no account filed
January 1999HailAlbion-no account filed

Every storm recorded in White 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
Letona2.5 miles9
Holly Springs2.5 miles11
Short (historical)2.9 miles11
Mountain Home3.2 miles9
Fourmile Hill3.7 miles9
Clay3.7 miles9
Pickens4.5 miles9
Crosby4.8 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 45802. 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.