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Mount George, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Magazine Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72833. It stands on Choate George Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ola quadrangle. It stands 348 feet above sea level.

Mount George within Yell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

35 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Mount George between 1997 and 2018, burning about 337 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
5 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yell County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mount George: 1 past producer. 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

Every working recorded in Yell 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
Alpha2.1 miles17
Pisgah2.6 miles21
Ard3.4 miles21
Petit Jean3.6 miles18
Centerville3.9 miles18
Mickles4.0 miles17
Chickalah4.0 miles18
Lone Pine4.3 miles17

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 Mount GeorgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6920882The 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 77712. 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.