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Crest, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Omaha Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72662. The Survey maps it on the Omaha quadrangle.

Crest within Boone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 12 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Crest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 544 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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/incendiarism13
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
26 August 2014Debris and open burning25 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionBOO19078654
5 July 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2011Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boone County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Crest: 3 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Carrier ProspectZincProspect
Josie B. MineZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Boone County

Storms near this place

8 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crest in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 5 hail, 3 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
March 2008Flash FloodCrest$1,000,000Numerous roads and low water bridges were flooded across the county. Crooked Creek overflowed onto Arkansas Highway 7. There were several bridges under water. The soccer field and parking lot at Harrison Junior High were flooded. At Everton, Marshall Creek flooded the town. Several residents were evacuated.
October 2009Flash FloodCrest$175,000Flash flooding damaged many county roads.
October 2009Flash FloodCrest$50,000A couple of slabs were washed out at low water crossings near Omaha, and a couple of roads had to be closed near Alpena.
May 2024HailCrest-Tennis-ball sized hail fell in the town of Omaha.
March 2017HailCrest-no account filed
March 2017HailCrest-no account filed
March 2017HailCrest-no account filed
March 2015HailCrest-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Boone 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
Omaha2.3 miles12
Cricket2.4 miles12
New Hope4.2 miles12
Burlington7.3 miles12
Self7.8 miles13
Bellville7.8 miles13
Lowry8.0 miles13
Shaver (historical)9.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57607. 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.