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Economy, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72823. It stands on Gum Log Creek. The Survey maps it on the Moreland quadrangle. It stands 335 feet above sea level.

Economy within Pope 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

72 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Economy between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,180 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 20 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism20
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Natural1

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
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2004Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2011Debris and open burning13 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Economy: 5 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
UnknownStoneUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Mobley Construction Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pope County

Storms near this place

5 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Economy in 5 storm reports between 2005 and 2019: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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
December 2015Thunderstorm WindEconomy1 killed, $40,000Straight line winds blew over several trees, one of which fell onto a double-wide mobile home, killing 1 person.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindEconomy1 hurtNWS survey crews determined thunderstorm wind damage was caused by a microburst near Atkins, AR. One serious injury was reported. Wind gusts were estimated to be between 80 and 90 mph.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindEconomy$50,000Tin was blown off a chicken house and several dozen trees were blown down.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindEconomy-Trees were blown down.
November 2005HailEconomy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pope 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
Happy Bend2.8 miles16
Atkins4.4 miles18
Oak Grove5.4 miles17
Mars Hill5.9 miles17
Buttermilk6.0 miles16
Wilson6.5 miles18
Moreland7.3 miles17
Caglesville7.6 miles16

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 EconomyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5333609The 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 57698. 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.