Carbon City, Arkansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Short Mountain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72855. It stands on Gack Creek. The Survey maps it on the Caulksville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1887 USGS Magazine Mountain quadrangle1:125000
- 1887 USGS Magazine Mountain #2 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Magazine Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Caulksville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Caulksville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
66 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Carbon City between 1997 and 2018, burning about 314 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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 burning | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Carbon City: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan County Building Stone Co | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Duffield Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Garland Cotton Sand & Gravel Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Logan County New Blaine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carbon City in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2013: 2 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Carbon City | $450,000 | Arkansas Highway 10 was flooded between Booneville and the Magazine Bridge. Damage to bridges occurred at Marcelle Phillips Park and Veterans Park in Booneville. An aluminum bridge on Earl Prairie Rd. was washed out. Part of Brewer Rd. washed away and a pipe washed out on Goff Rd. Water rose to a depth of more than 3 feet at a feed store in Booneville, causing merchandise to float around in the store. A hardware store also suffered flood damage. Numerous county roads were flooded, especially in the southern half of the county. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Carbon City | $5,000 | Water covered some roads in the county. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carbon City | - | A few trees were blown down. |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122589459 | 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 71008. 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.










