BlockMoran, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72370. It stands on Catalpa Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Osceola quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1956 USGS Blytheville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Blytheville quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Osceola quadrangle1:62500
- 1965 USGS Osceola quadrangle1:62500
- 1972 USGS Osceola quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Osceola quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Blytheville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Moran: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moran in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 1 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.
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Salem | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| Luxora | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Osceola | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Wolverton (historical) | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Toluca | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| McFerrin | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Tuckertown | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Victoria | 5.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58211. 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.
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.