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Attica, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Foster Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72455. It stands on Attica Hill. The Survey maps it on the Pocahontas quadrangle.

Attica within Randolph County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

59 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Attica between 1997 and 2019, burning about 934 acres in total. None 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 burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
28 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2014Debris and open burning12 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionRAN28393895
12 September 2005Debris and open burning8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 June 2010Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randolph 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 Attica: 4 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
H M Bishop FarmIronProspect
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Randolph County

Storms near this place

7 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Attica in 7 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
August 2019Thunderstorm WindAttica$20,000Several trees were snapped or uprooted between Pocahontas and Attica. A metal barn was also destroyed and relayed via social media.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindAttica$5,000Some power lines were blown down.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindAttica$2,000Straight line winds blew trees down near the intersection of Highway 251 and Country Club Road, north of Pocahontas.
April 2003HailAttica$250no account filed
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Attica-The Attica Tornado began west of the intersection of Clearview|Road and Mill Road 2 miles to the southwest of Attica. Numerous|trees were uprooted and snapped along the path as the tornado|tracked northeast, paralleling portions of Country Club Road, and|crossing Highway 251 just south of Attica by less than 1 mile.|The tornado entered a heavily forested area, downing many trees|east of Highway 251, before crossing Bellview Road. Several|outbuildings were heavily damaged or destroyed. The tornado|continued eastward across some farm land before downing more|trees as the tornado began to dissipate east of Highway 115 less|than 0.5 miles south of Stokes. This tornado was rated an|EF1 with maximum estimated winds of 105 mph.
June 2015Flash FloodAttica-Heavy rain resulting in flash flooding on Country Club Road northwest of Pocahontas. Water more than six inches deep covered the road.
February 2012HailAttica-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Randolph 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
Cedar Grove2.6 miles12
Brockett2.9 miles12
Stokes3.3 miles12
Gravesville3.3 miles8
Ingram3.4 miles8
Lorine3.6 miles8
Jerrett4.1 miles11
Antioch4.2 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57287. 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.