Carden Bottoms, Arkansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Galla Rock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72834. It lies near Carden Bottom. The Survey maps it on the Holla Bend quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1888 USGS Dardanelle #4 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Dardanelle quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Holla Bend quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Holla Bend quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
33 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Carden Bottoms between 1997 and 2018, burning about 466 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1998 | Smoking | 45 acres | Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge | HOLLA-1 |
| 23 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge | LODGE LAKE ROAD |
| 19 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 130 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Carden Bottoms: 6 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Titanium, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Sands | Titanium | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Shale Pit | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Shale Pit | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carden Bottoms in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2010: 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Carden Bottoms | $10,000 | After exiting the Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge in Pope County, the tornado re-entered Yell County in the Carden Bottoms area. There was minor damage to two structures and a number of trees were blown down. The tornado then crossed the Arkansas River, moving back into Pope County in the area southwest of Atkins. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carden Bottoms | $7,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fowler | 0.3 miles | 19 | |
| Whitehall | 0.9 miles | 18 | |
| Lakeview | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Cotton Town | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| New Neely | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Old Neely | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Elberta | 7.9 miles | 21 | |
| Prosperity | 8.1 miles | 21 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122539548 | The 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 76531. 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.









