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Mimosa, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Black Springs Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71960. The Survey maps it on the Mount Ida quadrangle.

Mimosa within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

53 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Mimosa between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,615 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 11 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony3

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
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresOuachita National ForestCRYSTAL PARK
15 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2011Natural563 acresOuachita National ForestBEECH CREEK
14 September 2011Natural705 acresOuachita National ForestCHRISOPHER MOUNTAIN
8 August 2005Natural12 acresOuachita National ForestLONG MOUNTAIN
4 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Mimosa: 4 producers, 2 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Quartz, Barium-Barite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Abernathy Sand & Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Facy HillBarium-BariteProducer
Hoyt-Williams ProspectBarium-BariteUnknown
Mcgrew MineQuartzProducer1986, 1988
Wegner Quartz CrystalsQuartzProducer1986

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

2 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mimosa in 2 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 1 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025Flash FloodMimosa-High water covered Arkansas Highway 27/Bridge Street south of the town of Mt. Ida.
March 2023HailMimosa-A COOP observer sent pictures of hail of at least half-dollar size hail to the office.

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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
Gaston3.1 miles15
Black Springs3.4 miles16
Redbird (historical)3.5 miles15
Owley4.4 miles15
Norman4.8 miles16
Union Hill6.0 miles15
Cox Spring6.3 miles15
Hog Jaw6.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 63543. 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.