BlockMosby Spur, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Mooney Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72328. It stands on Bee Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Mellwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 16 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.
- 1930 USGS Mellwood quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Mellwood quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Mellwood quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Mellwood quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Mellwood quadrangle1:62500
- 1982 USGS Mellwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Clarksdale quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Clarksdale quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
1 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mosby Spur in 1 storm report in 2001: 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2001 | Tornado (F2) | Mosby Spur | 2 hurt, $50,000 | The tornado moved into the southeast corner of Phillips county from northern Desha county. The tornado struck several mobile homes just southwest of Mosby. Two mobile homes and a farm shop were destroyed. Two people from one of the mobile homes were injured. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lundell | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| Crumrod | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| New Hope (historical) | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Mellwood | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Ferguson | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Offutt Landing | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Ferguson Landing | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Catron | 4.1 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122567905 | The 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 77697. 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.
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.