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Arthur, Indiana

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Patoka Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47598. The Survey maps it on the Augusta quadrangle.

Arthur within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

6 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Arthur between 2001 and 2016, burning about 1,151 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
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 April 2001Equipment and vehicle use8.5 acresPatoka River National Wildlife RefugeMAXEY!
7 April 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePatoka River National Wildlife RefugeSNAKEY POINT
5 April 2002Arson/incendiarism60 acresHoosier National ForestPIKE FIRE
15 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined716 acresIndiana Division of ForestryCOAL CAR
13 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined365 acresIndiana Division of ForestryWINSLOW SPOILS
19 February 2016Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresPatoka River National Wildlife RefugeBOYD TRAIL FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Storms near this place

8 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arthur in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 1996Flash FloodArthur$500,000no account filed
April 1996Tornado (F2)Arthur$200,000no account filed
May 1999Tornado (F2)Arthur$15,000A tornado with estimated top winds of 130 MPH produced a damage path about a mile long. Since the track was through rural areas, the only structural damage was to a garage. Many trees were down.
February 1999Thunderstorm WindArthur-Thunderstorm winds gusted to 58 MPH.
September 2023HailArthur-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindArthur-no account filed
May 1996HailArthur-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindArthur-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pike 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
Marysville1.9 miles18
Muren2.2 miles18
Ayrshire2.2 miles19
Coe2.4 miles18
Augusta3.0 miles19
Oakland City Junction3.0 miles18
Winslow3.4 miles17
Enos Corner3.6 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 430283. 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.

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.