Erbie, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marble Falls Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72648. It stands on Cecil Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jasper quadrangle.
On record in Erbie
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Parker-Hickman Farm Historic Districtlisted 1987
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 13 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.
- 1904 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
52 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Erbie between 1995 and 2020, burning about 536 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Buffalo National River | BISHOP FIRE |
| 29 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Buffalo National River | BEESTING |
| 5 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | BOO18126500 |
| 3 May 2015 | Fireworks | under an acre | Buffalo National River | CECIL BLUFF WF |
| 9 April 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Buffalo National River | ERBIE LOW WATER BRIDGE WF |
| 8 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Buffalo National River | BUZZARD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Erbie: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Roy Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Boulder Prospect | Lead | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Erbie in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2004: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plumlee (historical) | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Compton | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Sherman | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| The Basin | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Pruitt | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Dogpatch | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Jasper | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Little Buffalo (historical) | 6.2 miles | 13 |
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 Q122562870 | 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 71565. 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.









