Rush, 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 72687. It lies near Cold Spring Hollow. 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
111 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Rush between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,077 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 48 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 | 48 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| 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 |
| 23 August 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Buffalo National River | CLABBER GRAVEL BAR |
| 22 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Buffalo National River | PL FIRE |
| 7 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Buffalo National River | 5034 - NPS BOUNDARY |
| 3 July 1998 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Buffalo National River | WALKER FIR |
| 23 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Buffalo National River | MULL 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 41 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Rush: 17 past producers, 14 occurrences, 10 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corbin Lead Deposit | Lead, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Omeara Prospect | Tungsten, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Boat Creek | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Anglo-American Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Big Bell Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Bonnie Blue Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Carbonate Point Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rush in 3 storm reports between 2005 and 2007: 1 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2005 | Flash Flood | Rush | 1 killed | An elderly couple was returning to their home and found a low water crossing on Rush Creek flooded. They decided not to try and cross in their truck. They got out of the truck and attempted to cross the creek on foot at an old road bed that crossed the creek nearby. The water was too swift and they were swept downstream. The 88 year old man survived, but his 87 year old wife did not. |
| September 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Rush | - | A weak tornado was spawned in southern Marion County. The tornado was on the ground briefly about 2 miles south-southeast of Rush. The tornado had difficulty reaching the ground, and downed a few trees on a hilltop. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Rush | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keystone (historical) | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Sylvia (historical) | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Caney | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Mull | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Cowan | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Ralph | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Rea Valley | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Hand Valley | 6.4 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57174. 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.











