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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.

Rush within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 17 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

111 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Debris and open burning14
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism80 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBuffalo National RiverCLABBER GRAVEL BAR
22 August 2001Arson/incendiarism40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBuffalo National RiverPL FIRE
7 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBuffalo National River5034 - NPS BOUNDARY
3 July 1998Natural5.0 acresBuffalo National RiverWALKER FIR
23 July 2012Naturalunder an acreBuffalo National RiverMULL 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Corbin Lead DepositLead, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Omeara ProspectTungsten, ZincOccurrence
Boat CreekLead, ZincUnknown
UnknownLead, ZincUnknown
UnknownLead, ZincUnknown
UnknownLead, ZincUnknown
Anglo-American ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Big Bell MineLead, ZincUnknown
Bonnie Blue MineLead, ZincUnknown
Carbonate Point ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

3 since 2005

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2005Flash FloodRush1 killedAn 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 2006Tornado (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 2007HailRush-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marion 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
Keystone (historical)2.1 miles16
Sylvia (historical)2.4 miles16
Caney3.7 miles17
Mull4.2 miles16
Cowan4.9 miles16
Ralph6.1 miles16
Rea Valley6.3 miles17
Hand Valley6.4 miles18

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.