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Monkey Run, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 6. It lies in ZIP code area 72635. It stands on Monkey Run Hill. The Survey maps it on the Mountain Home West quadrangle.

Monkey Run within Baxter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

44 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Monkey Run between 1997 and 2020, burning about 482 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined27 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2005Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2012Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreBuffalo National RiverCOZY FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baxter County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Monkey Run: 7 prospects, 3 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Iron, Stone. 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
Mcguire QuarryDolomitePast Producer
Mountain Home PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shiras MineIron, Zinc, LeadProspect
Gentry MineIronProspect
Mcguire PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mcguire Quarry No.1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
Big John ProspectLead, ZincProspect
Cedar Gap ProspectLead, ZincProspect

Every working recorded in Baxter County

Storms near this place

2 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monkey Run in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2014: 1 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
August 2013Thunderstorm WindMonkey Run$20,000Trees were blown down. One of the trees fell on a house.
July 2014HailMonkey Run-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Baxter 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
Whiteville1.9 miles18
Independence (historical)2.3 miles18
Midway2.9 miles19
Spring Lake Estates3.7 miles18
Lakeview3.8 miles18
Colfax3.8 miles18
Arkawana4.1 miles19
Amos4.2 miles18

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 Monkey RunAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18390989The 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 77681. 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.