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Arden, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1990. It stands in District 2. It lies in ZIP code area 71822. The Survey maps it on the Arden quadrangle.

Arden within Little River County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

50 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Arden between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,030 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking2
Natural1

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 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burning86 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2012Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Smoking3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Little River County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Arden: 4 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Little River County

Storms near this place

8 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arden in 8 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash 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 1993Thunderstorm WindArden$50,000Thunderstorm winds damaged a garage and knocked down numerous trees.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindArden-Tree downed along Highway 32 between Ashdown and Foreman.
October 2023Flash FloodArden-Water flowing over Highway 32 south of Arden.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindArden-Several trees and large limbs were downed southeast of Foreman.
April 2020HailArden-Nickel size hail fell in the Arden community.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindArden-Trees were downed in the Arden community. Widespread power outages were reported in the western portion of the county.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindArden-Local law enforcement estimated wind gusts near 60 mph southeast of Foreman, Arkansas.
March 2010HailArden-Hail was reported east of Foreman, Arkansas on Hwy. 32.

Every storm recorded in Little River 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
Wades Chapel1.9 miles11
Comet2.3 miles11
Pankov3.1 miles11
Wallace3.9 miles11
Richmond5.5 miles11
Alleene5.7 miles10
Foreman6.3 miles12
Rocky Comfort6.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 45913. 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.