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Mount Elba, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It lies in ZIP code area 71665. It stands on Frazier Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Edinburg quadrangle.

Mount Elba within Cleveland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

41 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Mount Elba between 2001 and 2020, burning about 207 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined20
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2015Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2011Natural11 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2011Natural4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2005Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2012Arson/incendiarism35 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cleveland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Mount Elba: 15 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cleveland 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
Sneed (historical)3.2 miles12
Ripley (historical)3.7 miles12
Hebron4.2 miles12
Pool (historical)4.8 miles12
Radway (historical)5.2 miles12
Toledo5.2 miles12
Mason (historical)5.4 miles12
Dwight (historical)5.6 miles12

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 Q122539321The 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 58220. 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.