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Larue, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Township 1. It lies in ZIP code area 72756. It sits by Cedar Bluff. The Survey maps it on the War Eagle quadrangle. It stands 1,161 feet above sea level.

Larue within Benton County

On record in Larue

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

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

55 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Larue between 1999 and 2020, burning about 1,940 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined23
Arson/incendiarism18
Debris and open burning9
Smoking3
Natural2

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 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2012Natural5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2012Natural380 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2012Arson/incendiarism15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Larue: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, 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
Jack Holt QuarriesStone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
RogersSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Benton County

Storms near this place

5 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Larue in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Thunderstorm WindLarue$250,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged homes, destroyed boat docks and outbuildings, blew down power poles, and uprooted many trees in a broad swath from Beaver Shores to Rocky Branch.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindLarue$150,000Strong thunderstorm wind destroyed boat docks and damaged boats.
May 2013Tornado (EF1)Larue$50,000This tornado damaged one home, damaged several boat docks, and blew down trees. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindLarue$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and power lines.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindLarue-Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted numerous trees in several broad swaths within Hobbs State Park.

Every storm recorded in Benton 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
Bland1.3 miles15
Copper Mine1.4 miles15
Green Acres1.7 miles15
Tanglewood1.9 miles15
Rivercliff Estates2.2 miles15
Glade2.5 miles15
Beacon Addition2.8 miles15
Lakeland Hills3.2 miles15

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.

Wikipedia article on LarueAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6491890The 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 77452. 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.