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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1906 USGS Caddo Gap quadrangle1:125000, 3 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
- 1969 USGS Newhope quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Center Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Arkadelphia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
75 since 1997Regional 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/incendiarism | 46 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Lucky 13 Deposit | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Unk | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Howard County Gypsum | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | ||
| Floyd Prospect | Mercury | Occurrence | 1933 | |
| Henry Placer | Mercury | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Hintz Prospect | Mercury | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muddy Fork | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew several trees down. |
| February 2018 | Flash Flood | Muddy Fork | - | Highway 369 near the intersection of Gum Tree Road was flooded and closed. |
| March 2018 | Flash Flood | Muddy Fork | - | Highway 369 continued to be covered in high water near the intersection of Gum Tree Road. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muddy Fork | - | Trees and powerlines were downed north of Nashville, Arkansas. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Plains | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Briar | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Reed | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Perkins | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Hattie (historical) | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Dierks | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Corinth | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Euclid | 7.1 miles | 14 |
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.







