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Alpine, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Caddo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71921. The Survey maps it on the Chalybeate Mountain West quadrangle. 134 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 600 feet above sea level.

Alpine within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

69 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Alpine between 1997 and 2018, burning about 1,628 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 18 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/incendiarism18
Equipment and vehicle use17
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Arson/incendiarism140 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionSKYLINE
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Arson/incendiarism502 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarism22 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Alpine: 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Diatomite, Antimony, 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Caddo MineMercury, Diatomite, AntimonyPast ProducerCalomel, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Stibiconite, Stibnite
Humphreys MineMercury, Diatomite, AntimonyPast ProducerCalomel, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, Stibiconite, Stibnite
Okolona RoadMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar
Victory Mining CompanyMercuryUnknown

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

34 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alpine in 34 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 22 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death. 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
August 1999LightningAlpine1 killedno account filed
April 2026HailAlpine-Tennis-ball sized hail fell in the town of Alpine.
April 2026HailAlpine-Grapefruit-sized hail fell in the town of Alpine.
April 2024HailAlpine-Baseball sized hail fell in the community of Alpine.
April 2012HailAlpine-Nickel size hail covered the ground.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindAlpine-Trees down.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindAlpine-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindAlpine-Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree at Alpine.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindAlpine-Thunderstorm winds downed a number of trees and power lines.
March 2010HailAlpine-no account filed
July 2009HailAlpine-no account filed
July 2009HailAlpine-no account filed
July 2009HailAlpine-no account filed
July 2009HailAlpine-no account filed
July 2009HailAlpine-no account filed
March 2006HailAlpine-no account filed
March 2004Thunderstorm WindAlpine-no account filed
December 2003HailAlpine-no account filed
July 2003HailAlpine-no account filed
June 2003Flash FloodAlpine-no account filed
May 2003HailAlpine-no account filed
December 2002HailAlpine-no account filed
February 1999HailAlpine-no account filed
April 1999HailAlpine-no account filed
April 1999HailAlpine-no account filed
March 1999Tornado (F2)Alpine-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindAlpine-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindAlpine-no account filed
July 1998HailAlpine-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindAlpine-no account filed
May 1996HailAlpine-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindAlpine-no account filed
April 1994HailAlpine-no account filed
June 1994HailAlpine-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clark 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
Fendley2.4 miles10
Amity5.0 miles7
Majors5.0 miles10
Lenox6.0 miles10
Elm (historical)6.8 miles7
Graysonia7.7 miles10
Halfway10.4 miles10
Clear Spring10.9 miles10

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 AlpineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4735452The 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 45845. 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.