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Lowry, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Omaha Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72662. It stands on Brushy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Omaha NE quadrangle.

Lowry within Boone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

8 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Lowry between 2005 and 2018, burning about 39 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1
Natural1

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
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2018Naturalunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177661-10602-07192018-1928
9 March 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined23 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 March 2006Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 February 2006Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 November 2005Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 November 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boone County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Lowry: 4 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Lead, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - Lead - ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Low Gap ProspectLeadProspect
More Lock MineLeadPast Producer
Carrier ProspectZincProspect
Charles B. WierZincOccurrence
Max Black MineZincPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PiatSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Boone County

Storms near this place

6 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lowry in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
December 2010Thunderstorm WindLowry$10,000Several power lines were blown down.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLowry$3,000Widespread large trees down. There was damage to the roof of a home and there were power outages.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindLowry$1,000A large limb fell onto Arkansas 281.
July 2023HailLowry-no account filed
August 2019HailLowry-no account filed
May 2017HailLowry-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Boone 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
Bellville0.4 miles13
Boone1.8 miles13
New Hope4.2 miles12
Sycamore5.3 miles15
Self5.8 miles13
Diamond City7.1 miles15
Omaha7.2 miles12
Willis7.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58095. 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.