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Engelberg, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Running Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72455. It stands on Flat Lake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pocahontas quadrangle.

Engelberg within Randolph County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

54 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Engelberg between 1997 and 2020, burning about 852 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
2 September 2014Debris and open burning12 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionRAN28393895
12 September 2005Debris and open burning8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 June 2010Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randolph County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Engelberg: 8 unknowns. 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
UnkStoneUnknown
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 Randolph County

Storms near this place

2 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Engelberg in 2 storm reports between 2020 and 2022: 2 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
May 2022Flash FloodEngelberg-Highway 166 was closed between Sparrow Rd. and Pigeon Loop due to high water.
January 2020Flash FloodEngelberg-ARDOT reported all directions of Hwy 166 at mile marker 3 were closed due to high water. Time was estimated from radar.

Every storm recorded in Randolph 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
Debrow (historical)0.3 miles12
Brockett1.8 miles12
Stokes1.8 miles12
Cedar Grove2.2 miles12
Running Lake (historical)2.7 miles12
Poluca (historical)3.1 miles12
Keller (historical)3.2 miles12
Washington3.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57723. 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.