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Mines in Howard County, Arkansas

Howard County, Arkansas has 6 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 4 abandoned. 208 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2024. Inspectors have issued 471 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Howard County, working or not, with the accident, fatality and citation record each one carries on this site. Active mines are listed first, then the rest by the weight of their record.

Abandoned and historical mine features in Howard County →

Mines on register
6
Active
2
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
471
0 underground · 6 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 6 metal and non-metal 4 abandoned 208 reported accidents, 1983–2024
Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Howard County, Arkansas · Population 12,701
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$44,492
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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MSHA-registered mine, any status

Mines plot only where MSHA holds a surveyed coordinate for the site; mines the agency locates to a town, county or state centroid are in the counts and the list above but not drawn. Click a point for the mine's status and record.

Operators with the most mines herecurrent operator of record
Operator Mines Active Fatalities
Blue Bayou Sand & Gravel, LLC 1 1 0
CertainTeed Gypsum Manufacturing Inc 1 1 0
Holcim (US), Inc 1 0 0
Nashville Gravel 1 0 0
Smith Ready Mix 1 0 0
Mines in Howard County6 on register
  1. CertainTeed Gypsum Manufacturing Inc
    Surface metal/non-metal · CertainTeed Gypsum Manufacturing Inc · MSHA ID 0300276
    Active
  2. BLUE BAYOU SAND & GRAVEL LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Blue Bayou Sand & Gravel, LLC · MSHA ID 0301619
    Active
  3. Okay Plant & Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Holcim (US), Inc · MSHA ID 0300028
    Abandoned
  4. Mine Creek Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Smith Ready Mix · MSHA ID 0301172
    Abandoned
  5. NASHVILLE GRAVEL PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Nashville Gravel · MSHA ID 0301627
    Abandoned
  6. Vista Crest Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vista Crest Properties, LLC · MSHA ID 0301992
    Abandoned

Status, type and operator are as reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts are MSHA's reportable accident records for the mine; citations are inspector-issued violations on record. Each mine's own page carries the full detail.

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How to read these numbers

The register is MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System: every operation ever assigned a mine ID, including ones abandoned decades ago, so the count is a history of mining in the county, not a count of working mines. A mine's county is the one its operator reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts start with MSHA's reportable-accident records (1983 onward); citation counts are inspector-issued violations on record. We are an independent research tool, not MSHA.