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Mill Creek, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in District 6. It lies in ZIP code area 72802. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Russellville West quadrangle. It stands 344 feet above sea level.

Mill Creek within Pope County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

35 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Mill Creek between 1998 and 2020, burning about 235 acres in total. 3 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
Debris and open burning16
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
6 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2005Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2011Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Mill Creek: 29 unknowns, 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
BerniceClayPast Producer
R. L. Bewley TractClayProspect
Shale PitClayUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unk QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Pope County

Storms near this place

3 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mill Creek in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2014: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
September 2013Thunderstorm WindMill Creek$10,000Power lines were blown down northwest of Shiloh.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindMill Creek$5,000Trees were blown down in the Mill Creek area.
July 2014HailMill Creek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pope 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
Ouitaville2.3 miles19
London2.6 miles19
Shiloh3.6 miles19
Georgetown3.9 miles19
Norristown3.9 miles19
Baker Creek (historical)3.9 miles19
Scotia4.7 miles19
Russellville4.8 miles19

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 Mill CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6858223The 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 62076. 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.