Rea Valley, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marion County Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72634. It stands on Valley Branch. The Survey maps it on the Rea Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1893 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1929 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rea Valley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Bull Shoals Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
77 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Rea Valley between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,222 acres in total. None started naturally. 34 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/undetermined | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 80 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 July 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 46 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 May 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 April 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Rea Valley: 8 unknowns, 3 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flippin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Kenneth Mcdowell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lion Hill Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Big Elephant Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Bonnie Blue Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Cane Spring Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Great Eastern Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Highup Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Ike Emery Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rea Valley in 1 storm report in 1995: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1995 | Hail | Rea Valley | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand Valley | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Flippin | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Old Buffalo | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Rush | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Cowan | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Keystone (historical) | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Yellville | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Ralph | 7.8 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122560077 | The 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 57165. 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.











