Carrollton, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Southeast Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72611. It stands on Bobo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alpena quadrangle.
On record in Carrollton
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
Yell Masonic Lodge Halllisted 1984
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 12 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.
- 1904 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Alpena quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Carrollton between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,304 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2012 | Natural | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 250 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | ALPENA |
| 29 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 April 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 April 2004 | Smoking | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 512 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Carrollton: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Strontium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orval K Hawkin Property | Strontium | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carrollton in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2015: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | $25,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped several trees. A tree was blown down onto a house. |
| September 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down power lines and trees. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew several trees down. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | - | Severe thunderstorms moved across northwest Arkansas during the late evening of April 17th into the very early morning of April 18th. The storms produced large hail, damaging winds, and 1 tornado. The tornado touched down 5 miles northeast of Evansville near the top of Starlight Mountain at 2313CST. This F-1 tornado damaged 1 home and destroyed 2 chicken houses along its 1/2 mile length and 75 yard width. Strong thunderstorm winds damaged several buildings in Rogers, including blowing the roof off the National Guard Armory Building. Several large trees were also downed in Rogers. A tree was blown onto a house near Elm Springs, and a large tree was blown onto a trailer in Siloam Springs. Some chicken houses were blown down in Morrow, and numerous trees and power lines were blown down near Cave Springs. Strong thunderstorm winds downed several trees 3 miles north of Spring Valley, and several large tree limbs were blown down in Huntsville and 3 miles north of Carrollton. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 miles an hour 7 miles south of Prairie Grove and 4 miles west of Greenwood, and dime size hail fell at Maysville. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hough | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Nunnally (historical) | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Coin | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Conner | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Osage | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Delmar | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| New Town (historical) | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Rule | 7.4 miles | 12 |
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 Carrollton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4251164 | 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 57516. 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.









