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Arab, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63787. The Survey maps it on the Sturdivant quadrangle.

Arab within Wayne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

7 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Arab between 1992 and 2020, burning about 39 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
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 May 1992Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
15 April 1992Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 April 2001Arson/incendiarism15 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 March 2020Debris and open burning2.9 acresMissouri Department of Conservation210521-11115-03072020-1140
25 March 1995Debris and open burning12 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 February 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 November 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Arab: 6 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Bollinger LandIronPast Producer
Reed BankIronOccurrence
UnknownIronPast Producer
Harty QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wayne 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
McGee4.0 miles19
Lowndes9.3 miles20
Shook10.2 miles19
Lost Creek Landing10.5 miles19
Wappapello12.3 miles14
Hiram12.8 miles20
Ferrys (historical)12.8 miles14
Chaonia (historical)13.7 miles14

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.

Wikipedia article on ArabAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3471838The 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 739922. 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.