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Mount Nebo, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Dardanelle Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72834. It stands on Mount Nebo. The Survey maps it on the Chickalah Mountain East quadrangle.

Mount Nebo within Yell County

On record in Mount Nebo

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 8 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

42 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Mount Nebo between 1997 and 2018, burning about 903 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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
6 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2006Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2006Natural12 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

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Mount Nebo: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Corps of Engineers - Dardanelle QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
Unk QuarryStonePast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Warren Brothers Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Bethel1.6 miles21
Oak Grove2.5 miles21
Mosley2.6 miles18
Chickalah4.0 miles18
Sills4.3 miles19
Sulphur Springs4.3 miles18
Dardanelle5.0 miles21
Pisgah5.2 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 67916. 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.