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Ark, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Meramec Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65560. It lies near Denny Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Howes Mill Spring quadrangle.

Ark within Dent County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Ark between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,591 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 42 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/incendiarism42
Debris and open burning30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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
18 September 2000Arson/incendiarism60 acresMark Twain National ForestDONUT CRAWFORD CO
26 August 2003Naturalunder an acreMark Twain National ForestLIGHTNING
2 August 2012Natural7.1 acresMark Twain National ForestBOYD
6 July 2003Other causesunder an acreMark Twain National ForestCHICKEN COOP
27 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMark Twain National ForestMAJORS HOLLOW
12 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use40 acresMark Twain National ForestBOWERS HOLLOW
1 July 2012Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresMark Twain National ForestLEVI HOLLOW
7 April 2004Arson/incendiarism32 acresMark Twain National Forest438

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dent County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Ark: 17 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
Barksdale DiggingsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S+GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eddington BankIronPast Producer
Eddington MineIronPast ProducerLimonite
Fitzwater MineIronPast Producer1880
Fitzwater Mine WestIronPast Producer
Fitzwater Mines EastIronPast Producer
Howe Mill BankIronOccurrenceLimonite
Howe Mill MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dent 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
Mounce2.9 miles18
Junction Lookout (historical)4.5 miles19
Howes Mill5.0 miles19
Stone Hill5.5 miles19
Dent Ford6.0 miles18
Sligo6.8 miles19
Short Bend6.9 miles18
Max7.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740142. 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.