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Rubie, 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. The Survey maps it on the Reed Mountain quadrangle.

Rubie 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

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Rubie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,024 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism19
Debris and open burning16
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

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
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2006Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2006Debris and open burning8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Smokingunder an acreOuachita National ForestBIG BRANCH
2 September 2007Natural12 acresOuachita National ForestLAKESIDE
2 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresOuachita National ForestSILVER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Rubie: 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Quartz. 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
Diamond Drill Carbon #3QuartzUnknown
George Shieffield No. 2 MineQuartzUnknown
Oden MineQuartzProducer1986

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rubie in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2018Thunderstorm WindRubie-Trees were blown down on the west side of Lake Ouachita, near Little Fir Landing.

Every storm 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
Ruble0.2 miles15
Buddys Landing2.0 miles15
Sweethome3.3 miles15
Little Fir Landing3.5 miles14
Washita3.8 miles15
Silver4.5 miles15
Fir (historical)4.6 miles14
Hurricane Grove5.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 74607. 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.