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Beryl, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Palarm Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72032. It lies near Mount Arva. The Survey maps it on the Hamlet quadrangle.

Beryl within Faulkner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

74 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Beryl between 1998 and 2020, burning about 885 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism12
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2000Smoking3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Faulkner 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 Beryl: 4 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Lead. 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
Morris FarmLeadUnknown
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Faulkner County

Storms near this place

3 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beryl in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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
September 2013Thunderstorm WindBeryl$1,000A tree was blown down.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBeryl-Power poles were broken and large trees were blown down in and near Vilonia.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindBeryl-A spotter estimated 60 mph winds and tree limbs down 3 miles west of Vilonia.

Every storm recorded in Faulkner 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
Hamlet2.4 miles12
Vilonia2.8 miles11
Sunny Gap (historical)4.2 miles12
Funston4.3 miles11
Duncans Gap (historical)4.5 miles11
Acklin Gap (historical)4.8 miles11
Otto5.1 miles11
Saltillo5.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 56928. 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.