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Allison, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 1. It lies in ZIP code area 72560. It stands on South Sylamore Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sylamore quadrangle. It stands 394 feet above sea level.

Allison within Stone County

On record in Allison

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

104 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Allison between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,189 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 26 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 burning30
Arson/incendiarism26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2

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 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsGREEN
4 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsLONG
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsROSA
20 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2000Smokingunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsBEAR
8 August 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2012Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1997Debris and open burning100 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stone County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Allison: 9 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Allison Mine & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Allison PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mountain View PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mountain View PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stone County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stone County PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Stone County

Storms near this place

22 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allison in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 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
May 2011FloodAllison$1,000,000no account filed
April 2011FloodAllison$400,000Widespread areal flooding occurred.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindAllison$30,000Trees were blown down and a number of barns were damaged.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindAllison$5,000Trees were blown down along Arkansas 5.
July 2024Heavy RainAllison-In the community of Allison, 5.15 inches of rainfall fell over a 24 hour period.
July 2024Heavy RainAllison-A CoCoRaHS station (AR-ST-6), 2.3 miles north of the town of Mountain View, measured 6.20 inches of rainfall that fell over a 24 hour period.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindAllison-Numerous trees were blown down along highway 9 in Allison.
April 2017HailAllison-Nickel size hail was covering the ground and reported through social media.
March 2008Flash FloodAllison-Water was overflowing from ditches and flooding roads.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindAllison-Trees were reported down.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindAllison-Several trees were knocked down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindAllison-Several large trees were blown down.
June 1995HailAllison-Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindAllison-Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree.
April 2013Funnel CloudAllison-no account filed
May 2010HailAllison-no account filed
April 2007HailAllison-no account filed
May 2006HailAllison-no account filed
May 2000Flash FloodAllison-no account filed
May 2000Flash FloodAllison-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindAllison-no account filed
September 1996Thunderstorm WindAllison-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Stone 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
Gayler2.9 miles16
Mountain View4.7 miles14
Herpel5.2 miles16
Fiftysix5.5 miles16
Hedges (historical)6.1 miles16
East Richwoods6.3 miles14
Optimus7.5 miles19
Newnata7.8 miles15

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 AllisonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4732714The 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 70432. 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.