Mountain Valley, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Whittington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71909. It lies near Glazypeau Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Jessieville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1890 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Jessieville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Lake Ouachita quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
211 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Valley between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,140 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 68 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 68 |
| Debris and open burning | 55 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | PLUG |
| 30 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Mountain Valley: 12 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Quartz, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caldwell Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| No Name | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| No Name | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Blocker Lead Quartz | Quartz | Producer | 1940 | |
| John Mcearl Tract | Quartz | Producer | 1940 | |
| Quartz Processing Corp. Quarry | Quartz | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mountain Valley in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1994 | Hail | Mountain Valley | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Springs | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Ozark Lithia | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Hot Springs Village | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Blakely | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Jessieville | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Bonanza Springs (historical) | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Fountain Lake | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Lena (historical) | 6.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 72793. 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.







