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Arthur, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It lies in ZIP code area 72156. It lies near Tucker Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Solgohachia quadrangle.

Arthur within Conway County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

82 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Arthur between 1998 and 2020, burning about 498 acres in total. None started naturally. 30 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/incendiarism30
Debris and open burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony2
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
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use13 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Conway County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Arthur: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Conway County

Storms near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arthur in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2018Thunderstorm WindArthur$5,000Severe thunderstorm winds blew down several hardwood trees in and south of the community of Arthur. A manufactured home sustained minor damage to an attached porch, along with some siding and guttering removed.

Every storm recorded in Conway 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
Birdtown1.9 miles16
Cypress Valley2.2 miles17
Middleton2.4 miles17
McClaren2.5 miles17
Bethlehem3.2 miles16
Lone Grove3.3 miles17
Lanty3.3 miles17
Solgohachia3.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 66177. 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.