Calamine, Arkansas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Big Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72466. It stands on Bandy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Poughkeepsie quadrangle. It stands 318 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Poughkeepsie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Cherokee Village quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
84 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Calamine between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,108 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 35 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 | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2001 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | SHA27996771 |
| 25 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Calamine: 11 unknowns, 11 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Zinc, Lead, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Farm | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Calamine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Fugate Hollow | Zinc, Dolomite | Prospect | ||
| Unk | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Fitzhugh | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Golconda | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Calamine in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2008: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calamine | - | Strong winds blew siding off a mobile home. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Calamine | - | Heavy rains flooded several roads, including Highway 115. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calamine | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down some power lines around Calamine. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Calamine | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calamine | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Calamine | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelbyville | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Nelsonville | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Reed (historical) | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Balboa (historical) | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Aetna | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Poughkeepsie | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Simco (historical) | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Amateur (historical) | 7.3 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Calamine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5018410 | 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 47275. 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.




