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Rumley, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It lies in ZIP code area 72645. It stands on Wilson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Leslie quadrangle.

Rumley within Searcy County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

59 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Rumley between 2000 and 2020, burning about 2,026 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined27
Arson/incendiarism19
Debris and open burning11
Natural1
Smoking1

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
8 September 2011Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2005Natural6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2001Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 June 2011Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 June 2011Debris and open burning35 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Searcy County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Rumley: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
J E FergusonPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Searcy 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
Noahs2.7 miles15
Leslie3.7 miles15
Elberta4.3 miles15
Wileys Cove4.6 miles15
Oxley4.7 miles15
Campbell6.0 miles15
Begley (historical)6.8 miles15
Shilo (historical)7.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58558. 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.