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Kimberley, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Thompson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71958. It stands on Poorhouse Branch. The Survey maps it on the Murfreesboro quadrangle.

Kimberley within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

62 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Kimberley between 1997 and 2020, burning about 611 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined17
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
28 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Kimberley: 22 unknowns, 4 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diamond, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Mercury. 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
Twin Knobs ClaypitClayUnknown
UnknownKaolinUnknown
Unknown QuarryStoneUnknown
Ainsworth ProspectMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar
Salt Gum FordMercuryUnknown
Arkansas Gypsum CompanyGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
F S Neely Co MineGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Highland MineGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Unknown MineGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown

Every working recorded in Pike County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kimberley in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 3 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2008Flash FloodKimberley$50,000The Little Missouri River filled and covered Arkansas Highway 27.
May 2021HailKimberley-Pictures of golf ball size hail were on social media.
May 2015Flash FloodKimberley-Flash flooding was observed across Murfreesboro.
May 2015Flash FloodKimberley-Several streets in Murfreesboro were under water.
May 2014HailKimberley-Hail fell at Crater of Diamonds State Park.

Every storm recorded in Pike 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
Murfreesboro1.3 miles13
Maxwell (historical)1.9 miles13
Roy2.5 miles13
Ball (historical)2.7 miles13
Norvelle (historical)4.1 miles12
Stephenson (historical)4.2 miles13
Cooleyville4.4 miles12
Highland4.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58019. 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.