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Mabelvale, Arkansas

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Big Rock Township. The Survey maps it on the Alexander quadrangle.

Mabelvale within Pulaski County

On record in Mabelvale

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

17 surveys from 25 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

100 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Mabelvale between 1997 and 2020, burning about 591 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 20 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
Debris and open burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Arson/incendiarism20
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2005Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burning165 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2002Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2011Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2006Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Mabelvale: 22 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Fullers Earth. 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
No NameFullers EarthUnknown
No NameLimestone, DimensionUnknown
No NameLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Pulaski County Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Berger PlantAluminumPast Producer
Dan Rauch DepositAluminumUnknown
Dixon, E. A. DepositAluminumUnknown

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

18 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mabelvale in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2012: 10 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 5 deaths and 180 injuries. 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 1997Tornado (F4)Mabelvale5 killed, 180 hurt, $50,000,000no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMabelvale$40,000A tree was down on a car and power lines were down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMabelvale$15,000Tree limbs were thrown into the air, and some of the limbs landed on vehicles.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindMabelvale$10,000Trees were blown down in the area of Chicot Elementary School in Little Rock.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindMabelvale$10,000Trees were blown down near Southwest Hospital in Little Rock.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMabelvale$5,000Ten large trees were blown down.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindMabelvale$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed some phone lines.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindMabelvale$1,000A large tree was blown down.
May 2008HailMabelvale-Hail was reported at the intersection of Interstate 430 and Interstate 30.
May 2008HailMabelvale-Hail fell in the Crystal Valley Road area.
March 2008HailMabelvale-Quarter sized hail fell in the Otter Creek area of Little Rock.
March 2008HailMabelvale-Nickel sized hail fell in the Otter Creek area of Little Rock.
May 2008HailMabelvale-Hail fell at the intersection of Chicot Road and Mabelvale Cutoff.
April 2009HailMabelvale-no account filed
June 2009HailMabelvale-no account filed
June 2009HailMabelvale-no account filed
June 2009HailMabelvale-no account filed
April 2003HailMabelvale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pulaski 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
Shiloh0.6 miles25
Merrivale1.1 miles26
Allendale Manor1.3 miles26
Skylark1.4 miles26
Deer Meadow1.6 miles26
Yorkwood1.6 miles26
Guilford (historical)1.8 miles26
Town and Country Estates1.9 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77568. 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.