BlockMound City, Arkansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Mound City Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72364. It lies near Chicken Island. The Survey maps it on the West Memphis quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1916 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:62500
- 1925 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:48000
- 1927 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS West Memphis quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Memphis West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS West Memphis quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Mound City: 4 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Gypsum Mill | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| West Memphis Pit & Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Carter | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rosebud Island | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Weeks Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mound City in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mound City | $5,000 | Power pole snapped with lines down. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mound City | - | Seventeen train cars were derailed near the West Memphis-Marion border off of Mound City Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Claire | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Almont (historical) | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Blanton | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Briark | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Presley Junction | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Redman Point | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Bauxippi (historical) | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Hopefield (historical) | 3.8 miles | 18 |
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 Mound City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6919106 | 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 77699. 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.
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.