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Morning Star, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Bear Creek No. 4 Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72650. The Survey maps it on the Harriet quadrangle.

Morning Star within Searcy County

On record in Morning Star

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Morning Star between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,466 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 45 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/incendiarism45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Debris and open burning23
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
7 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2012Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2005Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 June 2012Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 June 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBuffalo National RiverSPRING CREEK CG FIRE
8 April 1995Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresBuffalo National RiverTOO GREEN
6 April 2002Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Searcy County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Morning Star: 3 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Clay. 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
ChurchillZincPast Producer
JackpotZincProspect
Mays & RedwineZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Searcy County

Storms near this place

10 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morning Star in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2008: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMorning Star-A tree was blown down.
September 2006Thunderstorm WindMorning Star-Trees downed.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindMorning Star-Thunderstorm winds downed some trees.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindMorning Star-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree.
January 2000Thunderstorm WindMorning Star-no account filed
May 2000HailMorning Star-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindMorning Star-no account filed
May 1999HailMorning Star-no account filed
March 1996Thunderstorm WindMorning Star-no account filed
April 1996HailMorning Star-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Searcy 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
Lone Pine1.7 miles15
Martin Box2.3 miles15
Barren Hollow2.9 miles15
Rock Springs3.7 miles15
Zack4.0 miles17
Baker4.1 miles15
Harriet4.2 miles15
Evening Star4.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 52197. 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.