Alco, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72680. It lies near Roper Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Onia quadrangle. It stands 1,119 feet above sea level.
On record in Alco
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Alco Schoollisted 1992
Newton Sutterfield Farmsteadlisted 2003
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1892 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Onia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
79 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Alco between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,616 acres in total. None started naturally. 46 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/incendiarism | 46 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | FLAT |
| 15 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | GARAGE |
| 11 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | PAUL |
| 10 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 32 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | ROASTING SET 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Alco: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alco in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alco | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds twisted and broke off several trees. |
| March 2023 | Tornado (EF2) | Alco | - | This tornado started just south of Arkansas Hwy 66 near Alco,|moving northeast towards Arkansas Hwy 263 between Onia and Timbo.|After crossing the Arkansas Hwy 263, it ripped the roof off a|house and moved this house off the foundation. The tornado then|moved northeast crossing Big Springs Road, uprooting several|trees. The tornado then lifted just northeast of here before|Clearwater Road. This tornado was rated an EF2 with estimated maximum winds of 111 mph. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alco | - | Personal instrument owned by public recorded a 63 mph wind gust. |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Alco | - | The rainfall amount was estimated over the past 1 to 2 hours. Estimated rainfall was 3 inches. |
| July 1996 | Hail | Alco | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timbo | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Onia | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Harness | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Mozart | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Flag | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Big Springs | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Oga (historical) | 6.0 miles | 15 |
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 Alco | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4713199 | The 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 70417. 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.








