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Urbanette, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Northeast Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72616. The Survey maps it on the Grandview quadrangle.

Urbanette within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 12 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

5 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Urbanette between 1998 and 2012, burning about 10 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1

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
21 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 April 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 April 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 February 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 November 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll 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 Urbanette: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Carroll County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Newman Pyrite ProspectIronOccurrence
Unk QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer

Every working recorded in Carroll County

Storms near this place

10 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Urbanette in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2018: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
March 2007HailUrbanette$100,000A broad swath of hail up to golfball size occurred across the northeastern portion of the county. The largest hail reportedly damaged homes and automobiles.
March 2006Tornado (F1)Urbanette$40,000The supercell cycled again and produced a fourth tornado that affected mainly rural areas. The tornado produced minor damage to homes and snapped or uprooted numerous trees. Several outbuildings were damaged by the tornado. The tornado, which was rated F1 in Carroll County, moved into Stone County, Missouri at 2256 CST where it continued to produce F1 damage. See Storm Data for Missouri, Southwest for details concerning the Stone County segment of this tornado.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindUrbanette$25,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto a home in Maple.
March 2015HailUrbanette$15,000no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindUrbanette$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and power lines.
June 2008HailUrbanette-no account filed
May 2006HailUrbanette-no account filed
September 2006HailUrbanette-no account filed
July 1997HailUrbanette-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindUrbanette-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carroll 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
Indian Creek (historical)1.4 miles12
Maple2.2 miles13
Freeman (historical)2.2 miles12
High3.5 miles12
Cisco3.7 miles13
Berryville4.2 miles12
Polo (historical)4.2 miles12
Brasswell Spring (historical)4.6 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122572087The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57217. 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.