Cairo, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Van Buren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71730. It stands on Warren Branch. The Survey maps it on the Newell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Newell quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
91 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Cairo between 1997 and 2018, burning about 740 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cairo in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Cairo | $50,000 | Highway 82 between Cairo and El Dorado, Arkansas has water covering the highway with cars stalled in the high water. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cairo | - | Several trees downed across the western portions of Union County. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Cairo | - | Quarter sized hail fell near the community of Marysville, Arkansas. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shuler | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Lisbon | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Marysville | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Trull | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Dumas City | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Mount Holly | 7.3 miles | 16 | |
| Newell | 7.6 miles | 19 | |
| Griffin | 7.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 56946. 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.






