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Augsburg, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in District 6. It lies in ZIP code area 72847. It stands on Augsburg Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Lee Mountain quadrangle.

Augsburg within Pope County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

47 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Augsburg between 1997 and 2019, burning about 267 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined13
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use5
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
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2011Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Augsburg: 16 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Clay, 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
R. L. Bewley TractClayProspect
Unk Quarries 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnknownStoneUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Pope County

Storms near this place

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Augsburg in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 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
June 2008Flash FloodAugsburg$250,000The central portion of the county was flooded, causing damage to 18 roads. Roads and culverts were washed out. Some roads were closed due to flooding. Some houses were damaged. Flooding occurred at Pine Hill Bridge. Elizabeth Street bridge was impassable and a culvert and 40 feet of road were washed out at the city raw water pumps. A car was under water at Morgan Road and Market Street.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindAugsburg$100,000Many trees and power lines were blown down. Tin roofs were damaged on farm buildings. A hay barn was blown down. Power poles were snapped, carports were destroyed, and business signs were blown out.
March 2022Tornado (EF1)Augsburg$50,000This tornado started in west central Pope county, just northeast of Augsburg and tracked northeast for approximately 16 miles, before dissipating in central Pope county. Mostly tree damage was noted. There was some structural damage, with the worst damage to a home 1.1 miles west-northwest of Pleasant Valley with extensive roof damage. The sliding doors, three of them, on a volunteer fire department were also blown in about 0.8 mile north of Pleasant Valley along Highway 7.
January 2025Flash FloodAugsburg-Report via social media displayed several roads within the vicinity of Augsburg that were covered by high water.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindAugsburg-A tree was down on County Line Rd. on the Pope and Johnson County line.
August 2010HailAugsburg-Hail ranged from 1.25 inches to 1.75 inches in diameter.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindAugsburg-no account filed
March 1999Thunderstorm WindAugsburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pope 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
Famous (historical)1.5 miles19
Pless (historical)1.6 miles19
Tatetown (historical)2.0 miles19
Ross2.9 miles19
Falerno (historical)2.9 miles19
Piney3.1 miles19
Cumberland (historical)3.9 miles19
Pleasant Valley5.8 miles19

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 AugsburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q760510The 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 57291. 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.