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Reamey, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72112. It lies near Howard Mound. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonport quadrangle.

Reamey within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Reamey between 2017 and 2018, burning about 145 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined2

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
12 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined90 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined55 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson 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 Reamey: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Newport #5 & #7Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
County OperatorsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mobley Construction CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Newport Dredge & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Newport PltSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
River S&G CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
River Sand & Gravel DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reamey in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2013: 3 flood, 1 tornado. 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 2008FloodReamey$5,000,000Heavy rain caused the White River at Newport to crest above major flood level and at the same stage as in December, 1982. Approximately 45 homes in Newport were damaged due to the rising water. The Jacksonport State Park was submerged by water from the river. The camping area, pavilion, playground and bathrooms were flooded. In Jackson County, 53 homes and 47 county roads confirmed damage. Arkansas Highways 14 and 69 were flooded. Agricultural damages were also noted with pastures and winter wheat losses.
December 2013FloodReamey$10,000Water entered a business in Newport and a half-mile section of Arkansas 384 flooded in Newport.
May 2011Tornado (EF1)Reamey$10,000This tornado exited Independence county east-southeast of Paroquet and entered Jackson County west-southwest of Reamey. In Jackson County, the path of the tornado was in the Black River floodplain. Many trees were snapped or blown over.
December 2009FloodReamey$10,000Heavy rainfall on the 23rd and 24th caused the White River near Newport to rise above flood stage Christmas morning. The river then fell below flood stage the evening of the 27th. Many thousand acres of crop land became inundated during this period.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Fitzgerald1.4 miles13
Jacksonport1.6 miles13
Diaz3.0 miles13
Campbell Station3.4 miles11
Crossroads4.3 miles13
Newport4.4 miles13
Macks4.6 miles13
Amith Addition6.1 miles11

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 Q122570690The 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 58467. 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.