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Amos, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 1. It lies in ZIP code area 72642. It lies near Trimble Flat. The Survey maps it on the Cotter quadrangle.

Amos within Baxter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 18 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

36 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Amos between 1997 and 2020, burning about 518 acres in total. None 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 burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined27 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 1999Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2001Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreBuffalo National RiverCOZY FIRE
17 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baxter County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Amos: 8 occurrences, 4 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, 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
Mitchell MineLead, ZincOccurrenceGalena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Shiras MineIron, Zinc, LeadProspect
Bardeen ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Big John ProspectLead, ZincProspect
Cedar Gap ProspectLead, ZincProspect
Robinson ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
S.P.King ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Sorrel & Stratton ProspectLead, ZincProspect
Bull Shoal MineZincOccurrenceSmithsonite, Sphalerite
Gregory MineZincOccurrenceSmithsonite, Sphalerite

Every working recorded in Baxter County

Storms near this place

3 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amos in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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
July 2024Heavy RainAmos-At least 5.50 inches of rain fell in the community of Lakeview within a 12 hour period with rain still falling at time of observation as rain gage was overflowing.
May 2020HailAmos-A report of 2 inch hail was received via social media.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindAmos-A trained spotter reported strong wind gusts and multiple power lines down near Highway 178 in Lakeview.

Every storm recorded in Baxter 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
Lakeview0.5 miles18
Monkey Run4.2 miles18
Independence (historical)5.0 miles18
Midway5.1 miles19
Whiteville5.3 miles18
Arkawana5.6 miles19
Gassville6.6 miles18
Cotter6.6 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69335. 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.