Marble, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in North Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72740. It stands on Big Onion Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marble quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1900 USGS Eureka Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Eureka Springs quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Marble quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Marble between 1997 and 2017, burning about 504 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2000 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 July 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 June 1998 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Marble: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.F.Hodges Property | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marble in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2013: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1999 | Flash Flood | Marble | $80,000 | A bridge on US Hwy 412 was washed out. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marble | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous tree limbs. |
| December 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marble | $10,000 | One half of the roof of a double-wide trailer was blown off by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marble | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few large trees and many large tree limbs. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marble | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down several large tree limbs. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Marble | - | Thunderstorms during the afternoon of June 29th produced very heavy rainfall which resulted in flash flooding in southern Carroll and northern Madison Counties of northwest Arkansas. 18 inches of gravel were washed out onto State Highway 21 4 miles west of Rudd, and high water covered several county roads near Kingston and Marble. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Marble | - | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous tree limbs. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Marble | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Marble | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Marble | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Marble | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purdy | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Truth (historical) | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Old Alabam | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Alabam | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Harmony | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Kingston | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Forum | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Chaplin (historical) | 7.7 miles | 14 |
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 Marble | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18352516 | The 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 58121. 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.









