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Paup, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Homan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71854. The Survey maps it on the Homan quadrangle. It stands 259 feet above sea level.

Paup within Miller County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

72 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Paup between 1999 and 2020, burning about 736 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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
Debris and open burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2008Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miller 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 Paup: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Meyers QySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hutchinson PitClayProducer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Miller County

Storms near this place

1 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Paup in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 hail. 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
March 2008HailPaup-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Miller 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
Clear Lake Junction1.6 miles17
Mandeville1.8 miles15
Homan4.1 miles17
Rondo4.4 miles15
Dooley5.1 miles15
Lakewood Estates5.4 miles15
Index6.1 miles13
Texarkana6.5 miles21

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on PaupAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14681364The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57154. 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.