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Alix, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Alix Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72821. The Survey maps it on the Coal Hill quadrangle. 100 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 404 feet above sea level.

Alix within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

44 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Alix between 1998 and 2019, burning about 451 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
3 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2012Debris and open burning95 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Alix: 18 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
Unk Quarries 2StonePast Producer
Gutrie IslandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

7 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alix in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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
October 1998Thunderstorm WindAlix$25,000Seven power poles were blown down within a half-mile area between Alix and Denning, causing a two-hour power outage in Altus, Coal Hill and Hartman. Several permanent structures sustained roof damage, and several outbuildings were destroyed. One barn was nearly destroyed.
September 2025Flash FloodAlix-Portions of several roads were flooded in and around Altus.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindAlix-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindAlix-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large tree limbs.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindAlix-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindAlix-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees.
March 2002HailAlix-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Denning1.4 miles19
Altus2.2 miles19
Greenwood2.5 miles19
Wiederkehr Village3.8 miles19
Webb City6.1 miles19
South Ozark6.6 miles19
Ozark6.7 miles19
Etna7.3 miles19

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 AlixAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4727493The 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 45824. 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.