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Oreb, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Blue Ridge Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71833. It stands on Flowers Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dierks Dam quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Oreb within Howard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

85 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Oreb (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 559 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 29 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Arson/incendiarism29
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural8
Debris and open burning8
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2005Arson/incendiarism60 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

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Oreb (historical): 5 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc, Limestone, High Calcium. 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
Buzbee ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
UnkLimestone, High CalciumOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

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
Euclid2.2 miles14
Old Euclid (historical)2.4 miles14
Burg3.3 miles14
Davis Ford3.7 miles14
Rough Edge (historical)4.6 miles14
Hattie (historical)4.6 miles12
Cedar Hill (historical)5.1 miles18
Galena5.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62649. 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.