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Ada, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Higgins Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72001. It lies in Ada Valley. The Survey maps it on the Perryville quadrangle.

Ada within Conway County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

35 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Ada between 1997 and 2018, burning about 1,836 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use4

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
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burning120 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Conway County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ada: 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, 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
A. L. YoungManganeseUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Conway County

Storms near this place

9 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ada in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2012: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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
June 2009Thunderstorm WindAda$50,000Trees were blown down, a few of which landed on houses. At the Ada Valley cemetery, some of the falling trees damaged headstones. Power lines were blown down.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindAda$40,000Trees were down on Ada Valley Road.
April 2012LightningAda$25,000Lightning struck a tree next to a house and apparently traveled to the house via a power line. The resulting fire burned the house to the ground. Although the house was unoccupied, it contained the possessions of the owner's late mother. The keepsakes were destroyed by the fire. The house was built in 1949.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindAda$20,000Trees and power lines were down in the Ada Valley area.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindAda$2,000The over-roof was blown off a mobile home.
April 2007HailAda-no account filed
April 2004HailAda-no account filed
April 2004HailAda-no account filed
May 1998HailAda-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Conway 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
Index (historical)1.9 miles18
West (historical)3.9 miles18
Rehms Corner4.2 miles18
Winrock4.3 miles18
Riverview4.8 miles18
Divide (historical)5.2 miles18
Oppelo5.6 miles18
Country Estates6.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57247. 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.