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Calhoun, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Magnolia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71753. The Survey maps it on the Calhoun quadrangle. It stands 354 feet above sea level.

Calhoun within Columbia County

On record in Calhoun

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

82 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Calhoun between 1997 and 2018, burning about 561 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined28
Arson/incendiarism27
Debris and open burning17
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 September 1998Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2011Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Calhoun: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Bromine, 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
Magnolia PlantSulfur, BromineProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

6 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Calhoun in 6 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
January 2024Thunderstorm WindCalhoun-Trees downed on Highway 82 East, Highway 19 South, and Highway 78 South.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindCalhoun-A large tree was blown down across Highway 82 west of County Road 408.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindCalhoun-Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted east of Magnolia. Numerous power lines were downed as well.
April 2019Flash FloodCalhoun-A vehicle was washed off of County Road 30 southeast of Magnolia. The driver was able to escape her vehicle safely. Three other people nearby required high water rescues from the Columbia County Sheriff's Office. Over one foot of rushing water covered this portion of the road.
December 2018HailCalhoun-Quarter size hail fell along Highway 82 just east of Magnolia.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindCalhoun-Several trees were downed east of town along Hwy. 98 and CR. 34.

Every storm recorded in Columbia 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
Tide Water0.9 miles13
Calhoun Junction2.2 miles14
Johnston3.3 miles14
Walker3.8 miles13
Kerlin4.5 miles13
Free Hope5.0 miles14
Partee5.0 miles13
Magnolia5.6 miles14

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 CalhounAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5019751The 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 57492. 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.