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Owley, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Mount Ida Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71957. It stands on Crump Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Ida quadrangle.

Owley within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

61 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Owley between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,969 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined19
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking1
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 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOuachita National ForestFAIR GROUND ROAD
23 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresOuachita National ForestCRYSTAL PARK
4 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOuachita National ForestPLACER
26 August 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresOuachita National ForestMEYERS CREEK
21 August 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOuachita National ForestCEDAR MILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Owley: 5 producers, 3 unknowns, 3 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Quartz, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite, 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
Facy HillBarium-BariteProducer
Fisher MtStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lebow Copper DepositCopper, IronUnknown
UnknownLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Dist 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Burch Lode MineQuartzProducer1982
Forgotten Aye MineQuartzPast Producer1986
Leatherhead MineQuartzProducer1987, 1990
Robins MineQuartzProducer1971, 1978

Every working recorded in Montgomery 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
Mount Ida3.3 miles15
Norman4.2 miles16
Mimosa4.4 miles15
Black Springs4.5 miles16
Hurricane Grove4.7 miles15
Mauldin5.5 miles15
Gaston5.6 miles15
Ophir5.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 63583. 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.