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George, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Osage Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72638. It lies near Howe Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Osage SW quadrangle.

George within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

83 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of George between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,569 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined28
Arson/incendiarism22
Debris and open burning15
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
8 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 2012Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 2012Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2012Arson/incendiarism40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBuffalo National RiverBOXELY FIRE
1 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 June 2005Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of George: 11 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Manganese, Lead, Zinc, 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
Ben Heuer PropertyKaolinPast Producer
Davidson ProspectIron, ManganeseProspect
BrewerZinc, LeadPast Producer
Canton MineLead, ZincPast Producer
MmcelhaneySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Chimney Rock MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Cross ProspectManganesePast Producer
KilgoreLead, ZincPast Producer
PoncaLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Newton County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names George in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2011: 1 flash flood, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 2011FloodGeorge1 killedHeavy rain produced flooding along the Buffalo National River. A 21 year-old man swimming in the river at Blue Hole (between Hasty and Piercetown) drowned on the evening of the 24th. He had swum across the river and was swimming back across when the current carried him away. His body was recovered five days later.
March 2008Flash FloodGeorge$1,000,000Several roads were flooded throughout the county. Arkansas Highways 43 and 74 were blocked near Boxley Valley. Parts of Arkansas Highway 7 were affected by washouts and landslides.

Every storm recorded in Newton 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
Allfriend (historical)2.2 miles15
Stoverville3.4 miles15
Ponca4.3 miles14
Dinsmore4.6 miles15
Beechwood5.2 miles14
Compton5.3 miles14
Plumlee (historical)6.5 miles14
Boxley7.1 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57807. 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.