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Snow, Arkansas

15 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. The Survey maps it on the Pyatt quadrangle.

Snow within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

67 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Snow between 1997 and 2020, burning about 920 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 20 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/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2

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
20 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2011Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2007Debris and open burning18 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2010Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2012Natural27 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Snow: 9 occurrences, 7 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnknownZinc, LeadUnknown
Unknown QuarryStoneUnknown
Blankenship ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Crooked Creek Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Getzendener ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Bear Hill MineLead, ZincUnknown
Governor EagleLead, ZincUnknown
UnknownLead, ZincUnknown
UnknownLead, ZincUnknown

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

5 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snow in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 3 hail, 2 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
May 2024Thunderstorm WindSnow-Multiple trees were blown down throughout Marion County.
May 2011HailSnow-Quarter to half dollar size hail covered the ground.
April 2003HailSnow-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindSnow-no account filed
May 2000HailSnow-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
Powell1.3 miles16
Comal1.9 miles16
Turkey2.1 miles16
Georges Creek2.2 miles15
Pyatt2.3 miles16
Dodd City5.2 miles15
Eros5.4 miles16
Summit5.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58651. 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.