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Murphys Corner, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Village Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72112. The Survey maps it on the Auvergne quadrangle.

Murphys Corner within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

1 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Murphys Corner in 2005, burning about 15 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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/incendiarism1

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
18 March 2005Arson/incendiarism15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Murphys Corner: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Newport #5 & #7Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
County OperatorsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Midstream Dredge & Plant No 6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Newport PltSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
River S&G CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
River Sand & Gravel DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Murphys Corner in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2010: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2009Flash FloodMurphys Corner$10,000Many streets were flooded in Newport. Officials were sandbagging the streets.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindMurphys Corner$2,000Several small trees were blown down along Arkansas Highway 384.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Airport Village2.1 miles11
Johnstown2.4 miles11
Stegall2.4 miles11
Erwin3.9 miles11
Wilkinsville (historical)3.9 miles10
Estico3.9 miles10
Crossroads4.0 miles13
Remmel4.4 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77785. 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.