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Moreland, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72837. The Survey maps it on the Moreland quadrangle. It stands 748 feet above sea level.

Moreland within Pope 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.

Fires near this place

97 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Moreland between 1997 and 2020, burning about 627 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 25 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 burning34
Arson/incendiarism25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2011Debris and open burning12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2000Smoking3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2007Smoking5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Moreland: 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Jack Duvall Quarry & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Pope County

Storms near this place

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moreland in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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
January 2008Tornado (EF2)Moreland1 killed, 1 hurt, $3,500,000A tornado touched down in central Pope County and tracked to the northeast. The Pope County Office of Emergency Management reported that 42 residential structures were affected. Of these, seven were destroyed, six had minor damage, and the rest had moderate to heavy damage. In addition, six chicken houses, two barns, and a number of outbuildings were destroyed, a travel trailer and motor home were overturned, and hundreds of trees were blown down. A 61 year-old man was killed and his wife was injured when their double-wide mobile home was destroyed on Simba Road, about 1.4 miles south-southeast of Appleton. Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe declared Pope County a state disaster area. The tornado continued into Conway County.
January 2013Flash FloodMoreland$200,000Water flowed over multiple bridges on county roads. Parts of Arkansas Ave./Arkansas 7 were closed. Water entered some houses and apartments.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindMoreland$15,000Trees were down in the area.
November 1994Thunderstorm WindMoreland$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed some trees.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindMoreland-Powerlines were blown down and a roof was blown off a chicken house. Several trees were snapped.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindMoreland-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2018HailMoreland-no account filed
April 2005Thunderstorm WindMoreland-no account filed
January 2000Thunderstorm WindMoreland-no account filed
August 1998HailMoreland-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindMoreland-no account filed
August 1996HailMoreland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pope 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
Oak Grove2.2 miles17
Caglesville2.6 miles16
Rock Springs4.5 miles16
Center Valley5.2 miles20
Buttermilk5.5 miles16
Scottsville6.1 miles20
Mars Hill6.3 miles17
Taral6.5 miles20

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 MorelandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6911283The 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 77688. 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.