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Buena Vista, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71701. The Survey maps it on the Buena Vista quadrangle.

Buena Vista within Ouachita County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

154 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Buena Vista between 1998 and 2020, burning about 776 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 42 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
Arson/incendiarism42
Debris and open burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Equipment and vehicle use12
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ouachita County

Storms near this place

10 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buena Vista in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2014: 5 hail, 5 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
April 2014Thunderstorm WindBuena Vista$2,500,000The Camden-Fairview High School had damage at the baseball field, where the bleachers were overturned and the dugouts were destroyed, at the football stadium and weight room, at the band building, and at one of the classroom buildings. Hundreds of trees were blown down. Nine homes were destroyed, nine had major damage, 13 had minor damage, and seven were affected. Many power lines were blown down, including a major transmission line, leaving the entire city without power.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindBuena Vista$150,000Trees and power lines were blown down. Several roofs were damaged by the falling trees.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindBuena Vista$100,000A tree fell across a house and trapped a resident. The person was rescued and was uninjured. The house and vehicles were destroyed.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindBuena Vista-Numerous trees were down in the area, and some of the trees were on houses.
March 2008HailBuena Vista-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindBuena Vista-no account filed
May 2006HailBuena Vista-no account filed
February 2000HailBuena Vista-no account filed
April 1999HailBuena Vista-no account filed
April 1996HailBuena Vista-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ouachita 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
Lufra (historical)3.6 miles15
Spring Hill3.8 miles16
Ogemaw4.1 miles14
Pace City6.3 miles15
Rendezvous6.8 miles17
Elliott7.1 miles16
Troy7.1 miles16
Fairview7.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76458. 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.

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.