Antioch, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72012. It stands on Smith Springs Branch. The Survey maps it on the Floyd quadrangle.

Antioch within White County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Floyd quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1994 USGS Floyd quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

48 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Antioch between 1997 and 2019, burning about 797 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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	26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Arson/incendiarism	7
Natural	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Smoking	1

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
6 September 2006	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1999	Debris and open burning	30 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 1997	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
1 September 2000	Natural	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
27 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
25 August 2001	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
18 August 2010	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
16 August 2012	Debris and open burning	30 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White County

Storms near this place

16 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Antioch in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 3 injuries. 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
November 2001	Tornado (F2)	Antioch	3 hurt	A strong tornado was spawned in southwest White County. The tornado first touched down about 4.5 miles southwest of Antioch and traveled to the northeast. The most extensive damage was 5 to 6 miles southwest of Searcy where a house had shifted off of its foundation by as much as 10 to 15 feet. Also, a small house and a trailer were destroyed, and another trailer was flipped over. Up to two dozen other structures suffered some damage, mostly roof damage. Numerous trees were also blown down along the path of the tornado. Three people sustained injuries. The tornado eventually dissipated 2.8 miles southwest of Searcy.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Antioch	$10,000	A few trees were blown down.
August 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Antioch	$10,000	A few trees were blown down.
April 2022	Hail	Antioch	-	Quarter to half dollar size hail fell at Antioch.
November 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Antioch	-	Several large tree limbs were snapped off in Antioch.
September 2013	Heavy Rain	Antioch	-	Rainfall measured 3.64 inches at Georgetown.
April 2008	Flash Flood	Antioch	-	Arkansas Highway 31 at Arkansas Highway 267 was flooded.
March 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Antioch	-	Thunderstorm winds destroyed a barn, blew the roof off a house and damaged the chimney on another house. Several trees were also blown down.
May 2001	Tornado (F0)	Antioch	-	An F0 tornado touched down briefly in an open area 5 miles east of Antioch. No damage was reported.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Antioch	-	Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. Several homes also sustained roof damage.
May 2003	Hail	Antioch	-	no account filed
April 1998	Hail	Antioch	-	no account filed
April 1998	Hail	Antioch	-	no account filed
May 1997	Hail	Antioch	-	no account filed
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Antioch	-	no account filed
July 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Antioch	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in White 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Essex (historical)	2.0 miles	10
Essex	2.0 miles	10
Brundige (historical)	3.9 miles	10
Sunrise (historical)	4.5 miles	10
Barrentine Corner	4.8 miles	10
Floyd	4.9 miles	10
Beebe	4.9 miles	10
McRae	5.3 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57272. 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.

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.