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Ebb, Arkansas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72150. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Prague quadrangle.

Ebb within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

215 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 215 fires within 5 miles of Ebb between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,203 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 43 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 burning103
Missing data/not specified/undetermined47
Arson/incendiarism43
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking6
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2005Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Ebb: 9 unknowns. 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, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Grant 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
Center Grove1.6 miles9
Junet3.2 miles9
Prague3.2 miles9
Sheridan4.2 miles9
Slabtown5.5 miles9
Clear Lake5.5 miles14
Amber (historical)6.0 miles12
Obin (historical)6.2 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 60625. 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.