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.
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
Sylamore Creek Bridgelisted 1999
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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
- 1964 USGS Sylamore quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
104 since 1993Regional 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 burning | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | GREEN |
| 4 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | LONG |
| 27 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | ROSA |
| 20 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | BEAR |
| 8 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allison Mine & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Allison Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mountain View Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mountain View Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stone County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stone County Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
22 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Flood | Allison | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Flood | Allison | $400,000 | Widespread areal flooding occurred. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allison | $30,000 | Trees were blown down and a number of barns were damaged. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allison | $5,000 | Trees were blown down along Arkansas 5. |
| July 2024 | Heavy Rain | Allison | - | In the community of Allison, 5.15 inches of rainfall fell over a 24 hour period. |
| July 2024 | Heavy Rain | Allison | - | 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allison | - | Numerous trees were blown down along highway 9 in Allison. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Allison | - | Nickel size hail was covering the ground and reported through social media. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Allison | - | Water was overflowing from ditches and flooding roads. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allison | - | Trees were reported down. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allison | - | Several trees were knocked down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allison | - | Several large trees were blown down. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Allison | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allison | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree. |
| April 2013 | Funnel Cloud | Allison | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Allison | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Allison | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Allison | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Flash Flood | Allison | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Flash Flood | Allison | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allison | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allison | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gayler | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Mountain View | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Herpel | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Fiftysix | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Hedges (historical) | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| East Richwoods | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Optimus | 7.5 miles | 19 | |
| Newnata | 7.8 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 Allison | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4732714 | 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 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.








