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Muddy Fork, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Muddy Fork Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71833. The Survey maps it on the Newhope quadrangle.

Muddy Fork within Howard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

75 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Muddy Fork between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,536 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 46 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/incendiarism46
Natural10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2011Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2011Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Muddy Fork: 17 unknowns, 6 occurrences, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Barium-Barite. 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
Unknown Shale PitClayUnknown
Lucky 13 DepositBarium-BariteOccurrence
UnkBarium-BariteOccurrence
Howard County GypsumGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Floyd ProspectMercuryOccurrence1933
Henry PlacerMercuryOccurrencePlacer
Hintz ProspectMercuryPast Producer

Every working recorded in Howard County

Storms near this place

4 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Muddy Fork in 4 storm reports between 1994 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1994Thunderstorm WindMuddy Fork$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew several trees down.
February 2018Flash FloodMuddy Fork-Highway 369 near the intersection of Gum Tree Road was flooded and closed.
March 2018Flash FloodMuddy Fork-Highway 369 continued to be covered in high water near the intersection of Gum Tree Road.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMuddy Fork-Trees and powerlines were downed north of Nashville, Arkansas.

Every storm recorded in Howard 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
Green Plains3.1 miles12
Briar3.5 miles12
Reed3.7 miles12
Perkins4.5 miles12
Hattie (historical)5.3 miles12
Dierks6.6 miles14
Corinth7.0 miles12
Euclid7.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77776. 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.