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Beaty, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in Township 4. It lies in ZIP code area 72736. The Survey maps it on the Colcord NE quadrangle.

Beaty within Benton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

37 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Beaty between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,109 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 13 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
Arson/incendiarism13
Debris and open burning7
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 August 2012Natural50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2012Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 1997Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 July 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2006Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benton County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Beaty: 6 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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, ConstructionUnknown
Independent Gravel CoStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown - LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Benton County

Storms near this place

5 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beaty in 5 storm reports between 2021 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
April 2025Tornado (EF1)Beaty$200,000This tornado developed north of Highway 72 near Big Springs Road, where trees were uprooted and large tree limbs were snapped. The tornado moved east-southeast, crossing Jenkins Corner Road and then moved across the north side of Gravette. Trees were snapped or uprooted and numerous large tree limbs were snapped. Some trees fell onto homes. The tornado damaged the roofs of homes as it went across a neighborhood on Eagle Drive. It continued to uproot trees and snap numerous large tree limbs as it crossed Ridge Road, Bluebird Road, Fielding Road, and Highway 279, before it dissipated after crossing Galyean Stables Road, where it damaged more trees. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 95 to 105 mph.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBeaty-Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted trees, and snapped large tree limbs.
December 2021Flash FloodBeaty-Portions of numerous roads were flooded by heavy rainfall across western, northern, and northeastern Benton County.
March 2024HailBeaty-no account filed
May 2021HailBeaty-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Benton 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
Lee (historical)1.8 miles18
Miller Springs (historical)2.6 miles18
Checks Corner (historical)2.6 miles18
Crump (historical)2.8 miles18
Wann (historical)2.9 miles18
Round Top (historical)3.2 miles16
Sulphur Springs4.2 miles16
Cave (historical)4.3 miles18

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 BeatyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19720562The 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 56921. 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.