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Bonnerdale, Arkansas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Henderson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71943. The Survey maps it on the Bonnerdale quadrangle. It stands 653 feet above sea level.

Bonnerdale within Hot Spring County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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

116 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Bonnerdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,844 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 32 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 burning52
Arson/incendiarism32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2003Arson/incendiarism30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2011Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2010Debris and open burning14 acresOuachita National ForestDOLLAR ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hot Spring County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bonnerdale: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Hendrickson Clay DepositClayUnknown
Plemmons ProspectManganeseUnknown
Woodall DepositPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown

Every working recorded in Hot Spring County

Storms near this place

22 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bonnerdale in 22 storm reports between 1993 and 2014: 10 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 tornado, 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
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Bonnerdale$75,000This tornado moved out of Montgomery County east-northeast of Welsh and entered Hot Spring County west-southwest of Bonnerdale. In Hot Spring County, the tornado blew down trees and damaged outbuildings. The tornado exited Hot Spring County north-northwest of Bonnerdale and entered Garland County south-southwest of Meyers.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindBonnerdale$30,000A roof was blown off a barn and shingles were blown off two houses. A TV antenna was blown down at a house. A number of trees were snapped off.
April 2008Flash FloodBonnerdale$20,000Flooding occurred on several roads across the county.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindBonnerdale$5,000Power lines were blown down on U.S. 70.
May 2013Tornado (EF1)Bonnerdale$5,000This tornado exited Montgomery County 4.2 miles east-northeast of Welsh and entered Hot Spring County 1.6 miles west of Bonnerdale. In Hot Spring County, trees were uprooted. This is the fourth segment of a four-segment tornado.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindBonnerdale$2,000Several small trees were blown down.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindBonnerdale$2,000A tree was blown down, blocking U.S. Highway 70.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindBonnerdale$500Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindBonnerdale-Minor structural damage occurred along U.S. 70 at the Hot Spring and Garland County line.
November 2005Tornado (F2)Bonnerdale-A strong tornado was spawned in western Hot Spring County around 3 miles southeast of Bonnerdale and tracked quickly to the northeast. The tornado caused mainly tree and power line damage before moving into southwestern Garland County.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindBonnerdale-Thunderstorm winds downed some large tree limbs.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindBonnerdale-A few trees were blown down.
July 2009HailBonnerdale-no account filed
April 2008HailBonnerdale-no account filed
March 2008HailBonnerdale-no account filed
May 2005HailBonnerdale-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindBonnerdale-no account filed
January 1999HailBonnerdale-no account filed
January 1999HailBonnerdale-no account filed
May 1999HailBonnerdale-no account filed
October 1999HailBonnerdale-no account filed
January 1996Thunderstorm WindBonnerdale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hot Spring 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
Cross Roads1.0 miles7
Mount Moriah1.6 miles8
Wayside (historical)4.4 miles8
Point Cedar5.6 miles8
Beaton8.4 miles8
Lambert10.7 miles8
Bismarck12.1 miles8
Oak Bower13.4 miles8

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 BonnerdaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4942193The 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 70762. 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.