Moab, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Houston Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72070. It stands on Harris Creek. The Survey maps it on the Houston quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Moab within Perry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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.

1892 USGS Morrillton quadrangle1:125000
1894 USGS Morrillton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1894 USGS Morrilton quadrangle1:125000
1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Houston quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Conway quadrangle1:100000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1990 USGS Houston quadrangle1:24000
1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

115 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Moab (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 786 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 10 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 burning	40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	33
Railroad operations and maintenance	12
Arson/incendiarism	10
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Natural	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
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
7 September 2012	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2016	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2007	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2010	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 2015	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2004	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
1 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 August 2011	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Moab (historical): 9 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Stone, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Copperas Gap Sandstone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Clay	Past Producer
Harris Prospect	Manganese	Producer
Unk	Stone	Past Producer
Unk	Stone	Past Producer
Vaught Prospect	Manganese	Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Perry 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Sweet Home	1.1 miles	18
Houston	2.8 miles	17
Perryville	3.3 miles	18
Copperas Gap (historical)	3.4 miles	17
Oak Grove	3.5 miles	16
Perry	3.7 miles	18
Antioch	3.9 miles	15
Pleasant Valley	4.5 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65232. 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.