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Calmer, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Miller Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71665. The Survey maps it on the Calmer quadrangle.

Calmer within Cleveland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

119 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Calmer between 2001 and 2019, burning about 1,024 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 18 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 burning47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Arson/incendiarism18
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
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/undetermined55 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2004Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cleveland County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Calmer: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Titanium. 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
Arkansas Bauxite DistrictAluminum, TitaniumProducerWEATHERING RESIDUAL
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cleveland County

Storms near this place

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Calmer in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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
December 2013FloodCalmer$5,000Arkansas 114 was closed due to flooding.
May 2023Flash FloodCalmer-Arkansas Highway 114 completely covered by high water near the intersection of Jupiter Lane.
June 2021Flash FloodCalmer-A section of Highway 114 was closed due to high water.
November 2004Tornado (F1)Calmer-An F1 tornado touched down very briefly to the south of Calmer. Two old chicken houses were destroyed, with tin torn from the roofs and doors removed from two other chicken houses. Several trees were also blown down.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindCalmer-no account filed
February 1999Thunderstorm WindCalmer-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindCalmer-no account filed
May 1999HailCalmer-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cleveland 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
Oak Grove0.8 miles12
Friendship2.8 miles12
Rowell3.6 miles12
Lehigh (historical)5.5 miles9
Randall5.9 miles9
Toledo7.0 miles12
Eunice7.3 miles16
Mount Zion7.5 miles9

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 CalmerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18326204The 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 56947. 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.