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Morning Star, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 71901. The Survey maps it on the Fountain Lake quadrangle.

Morning Star within Hot Spring County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

193 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Morning Star between 1993 and 2020, burning about 976 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 53 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
Arson/incendiarism53
Debris and open burning47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined45
Natural18
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony5
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHot Springs National ParkVEHICLE WF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hot Spring County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Morning Star: 13 past producers, 9 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Niobium (Columbium), Vanadium, 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
Arkansas Power and Light Company PropertyFluorine-Fluorite, PyritePast Producer
Chamberlain CreekBarium-BariteProducer
Hot Springs PitSilica, TripoliProducer
No NameFlagstonePast Producer
Hot Springs MillSilicaProducer
Mc Earl MineSilicaProducer
No NameClayPast Producer
No NameClayPast Producer
Lecroy FarmNiobium (Columbium)Unknown
Potash Sulfur SpringsNiobium (Columbium)Occurrence

Every working recorded in Hot Spring 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
Diamondhead5.1 miles12
Cove Creek (historical)6.4 miles12
Shorewood Hills6.8 miles12
Jones Mills7.1 miles12
Magnet Cove8.4 miles13
Butterfield10.7 miles13
Oak Grove11.7 miles11
Rockport11.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58213. 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.