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New Moon, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Mountain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71971. The Survey maps it on the Umpire quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

New Moon within Howard County

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

62 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of New Moon (historical) between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,772 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 21 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/incendiarism21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Natural8
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony1
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
7 September 2000Arson/incendiarism15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2006Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2004Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2004Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2004Arson/incendiarism19 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2004Arson/incendiarism35 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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of New Moon (historical): 5 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Quartz. 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
UnknownQuartzOccurrence
National Slate Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tom Heath QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
E S White ProspectManganeseProspect
Harold Bullard ProspectsManganeseProspect
Harris Creek GroupManganesePast Producer
ParsonManganesePast Producer
Shady Lake MillManganesePast Producer

Every working 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
Midway (historical)1.0 miles18
Saline (historical)1.0 miles18
Mineola1.2 miles18
Dial (historical)2.1 miles18
Faulkner Springs2.5 miles18
Old Union (historical)2.9 miles18
Bluff Springs (historical)3.1 miles18
Mouton (historical)3.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62633. 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.