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Amy, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Carroll Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71701. The Survey maps it on the Harmony Grove quadrangle.

Amy within Ouachita County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

79 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Amy between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,270 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism21
Natural16
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking4
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
9 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined51 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined194 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionCHAPEL CREEK
4 September 2000Natural15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2011Natural15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined486 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionEAST CAMDEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ouachita County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Amy: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ouachita County

Storms near this place

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Amy in 13 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flood. 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
October 2008FloodAmy1 killed, $20,000An elderly man drowned when he drove his small SUV into floodwaters on Arkansas Highway 7 south of Amy. The vehicle was washed off the highway and overturned. Doppler weather radar estimated that at least 6 to 8 inches of rain had fallen in the area on the night of the 6th and the morning of the 7th. The rain caused creeks to begin rising, and the highway eventually flooded. The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department indicated that the highway was closed and barricaded on the afternoon of the 7th. The man drove around the barricades and into the water around 5:30 AM CDT on the 8th. According to a report from the Arkansas State Police, the water on the highway was 4 feet deep at the time of the accident. Furthermore, the Ouachita County Sheriff's Office indicated that the water was still rising quickly at the time.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindAmy$10,000Damage was reported to carports and outbuildings. Winds were estimated at 50-55 mph.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindAmy$5,000Several trees were down.
October 1993Thunderstorm WindAmy$500Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
April 2026HailAmy-Hen egg-sized hail fell in the town of Amy.
October 2022Thunderstorm WindAmy-A tree was down across Hwy. 7 near the new St. Mary's Church.
February 2018FloodAmy-Arkansas DOT reported all lanes of Highway 7 near Ouachita 31 were blocked due to flooding.
May 2001HailAmy-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindAmy-no account filed
April 1999HailAmy-no account filed
January 1999HailAmy-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindAmy-no account filed
October 1996HailAmy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ouachita 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
Kemp (historical)0.5 miles15
Velie2.3 miles15
Smead4.3 miles15
Lunet5.4 miles15
Harmony Grove5.8 miles15
Lilley (historical)5.8 miles16
Onalaska (historical)5.8 miles16
Vanduzer6.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 45859. 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.