Evening Star, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rock Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72639. The Survey maps it on the Cozahome quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 16 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.
- 1893 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1929 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000
- 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
- 1966 USGS Cozahome quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Bull Shoals Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
153 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Evening Star between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,434 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 78 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/incendiarism | 78 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 66 acres | Buffalo National River | TRAILHEAD |
| 3 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 32 acres | Buffalo National River | SAWLOG |
| 3 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Buffalo National River | LEON |
| 3 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Buffalo National River | GENE |
| 17 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Evening Star: 4 past producers, 3 prospects, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Copper, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orville Pemberton place | Manganese, Quartz, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Tomahawk | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Big Bell Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Savers Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Churchill | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Dillard Prospect | Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Jackpot | Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Mays & Redwine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Ruby | Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Silver Run | Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Evening Star in 2 storm reports between 1995 and 2006: 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Evening Star | - | A weak tornado was spawned in northern Searcy County around Evening Star. The tornado overturned a travel trailer and a lawn tractor. Tin was also removed from the roofs of two barns. A few trees were downed as well. The tornado had trouble reaching the ground, with damage confined mostly to hilltops. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Evening Star | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cozahome | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Harriet | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Lone Pine | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Morning Star | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Maumee | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Barren Hollow | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Rock Springs | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Fairview | 6.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69958. 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.











