BlockMossville, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72628. The Survey maps it on the Boxley quadrangle. It stands 2,267 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Boxley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
22 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Mossville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 404 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | GIBSON |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | COLE CREEK |
| 20 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 36 acres | Buffalo National River | HIPPIE |
| 28 August 1993 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | not named |
| 12 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | MOSSVILLE |
| 16 April 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | not named |
| 8 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mossville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Mine | Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mossville in 3 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF2) | Mossville | 1 hurt, $200,000 | An EF-2 tornado cut a 36.7 mile path across Newton and Searcy counties. The damage included trees being uprooted and snapped. Several residences were damaged. The post office at Parthenon was destroyed. Maximum winds with this tornado were 120 mph. This tornado touched down north of Mossville in Newton County, and lifted east northeast of Saint Joe in Searcy County. At Parthenon, several homes were damaged. Outbuildings were damaged or destroyed. The post office was destroyed. A residence was destroyed north of Vendor. North of Saint Joe, a family of five (two adults and 3 small children) heard the tornado warning, went into a storm shelter before the tornado hit. Their manufactured home was completely destroyed. The damage was likely not survivable. Also, north of Saint Joe, trees and power lines were blown down. Outbuildings were damaged. A residence had significant damage. There was one minor injury. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mossville | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and damaged some roofs. |
| May 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Mossville | - | This tornado remained over difficult to access terrain near Smith Creek and was observed from a residence just east of the path. This was an EF0 tornado that touched down along Smith Creek between Highway 21 and Newton County Rd. 24. |
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.
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 Mossville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19987205 | 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 72744. 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.