Rubicon, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Dyer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72019. The Survey maps it on the Lonsdale NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1890 USGS Benton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Benton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Lonsdale NE quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
117 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Rubicon between 1997 and 2020, burning about 944 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 39 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rubicon in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2012 | Hail | Rubicon | - | Hail was covering the ground on Highway 9 between Crows and Paron. |
| October 2022 | Hail | Rubicon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crows | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Owensville | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Alum (historical) | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Bland | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Nance | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Kentucky | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Grape | 6.0 miles | 19 | |
| Slocomb (historical) | 6.9 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58555. 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.
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.







