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Mobley, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Scott Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72579. The Survey maps it on the Grange quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mobley within Sharp County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

94 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Mobley (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,764 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 31 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/incendiarism31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Debris and open burning21
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Arson/incendiarism12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2016Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sharp County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mobley (historical): 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Carolyn NewmanManganeseOccurrence
Maxfield ProspectManganeseOccurrence
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Sharp 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
Aetna2.5 miles11
Simco (historical)3.7 miles11
Shelbyville4.8 miles11
Cave City6.0 miles19
Calamine8.1 miles8
Maxville9.2 miles19
Amateur (historical)9.3 miles8
Balboa (historical)9.5 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 66166. 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.