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Morganton, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Davis Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72013. The Survey maps it on the Morganton quadrangle.

Morganton within Van Buren County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 12 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

42 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Morganton between 1998 and 2020, burning about 731 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2

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
4 September 2000Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1998Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 June 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 June 2005Arson/incendiarism12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Van Buren County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Morganton: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Van Buren County

Storms near this place

7 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morganton in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 3 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. 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
December 2015Tornado (EF1)Morganton$80,000A home was destroyed by a weak, brief tornado east of Bee Branch during the morning hours of the 23rd.
May 2020Heavy RainMorganton-The COOP observer reported a storm total of 5.70 inches of rain.
May 2020Heavy RainMorganton-The COOP observer reported a storm total of 5.60 inches of rain.
April 1999HailMorganton-no account filed
June 1998LightningMorganton-no account filed
July 1998HailMorganton-no account filed
April 1996HailMorganton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Van Buren 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
Sulphur Springs2.6 miles12
East Mountain (historical)2.6 miles12
Bee Branch3.3 miles12
Choctaw Pines3.3 miles16
Green Tree3.8 miles15
Fairbanks4.1 miles12
Palisades4.1 miles16
Southside4.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58212. 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.