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Monnie Springs, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Big Rock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72135. The Survey maps it on the Mayflower quadrangle.

Monnie Springs within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

58 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Monnie Springs between 1997 and 2020, burning about 938 acres in total. 2 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 burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism11
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Smoking3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2010Arson/incendiarism114 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Monnie Springs: 6 unknowns, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum. 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
Saline-PulaskiAluminumPast ProducerGibbsite, Goethite, Hematite, Kaolin, Magnetite, Pyrite, Siderite
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

5 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monnie Springs in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
February 2017HailMonnie Springs$25,000no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMonnie Springs$5,000Power lines were blown down on Arkansas 300.
April 2024HailMonnie Springs-Ping pong ball sized hail fell near the town of Roland.
February 2017HailMonnie Springs-no account filed
February 2017HailMonnie Springs-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pulaski 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
Roland1.5 miles19
Mount Pilgrim2.9 miles19
Lundsford Corner3.5 miles16
Catorce (historical)3.8 miles19
Natural Steps4.0 miles20
West Marche4.9 miles19
Maumelle5.7 miles20
Morgan6.4 miles17

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.

Wikidata item Q122552172The 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 52133. 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.