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Catesville, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71730. The Survey maps it on the Junction City quadrangle.

Catesville within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

106 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Catesville between 1999 and 2020, burning about 703 acres in total. 5 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
Debris and open burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Arson/incendiarism11
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2015Debris and open burning30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2015Debris and open burning25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Catesville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Bromine. 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
Michigan Bromine Plant & MineBromineProducer

Every working recorded in Union County

Storms near this place

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Catesville in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2024: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2018Tornado (EF1)Catesville$125,000An EF-1 tornado, with estimated maximum winds around 110 mph, touched down along Highway 167 just north of Wingfield Lake Road and quickly intensified over the Faircrest community. The tornado reached its maximum intensity and width along Peace and Mount Union Roads. It uprooted and snapped numerous trees in this location and damaged the roofs of several homes. It also rolled and destroyed a travel trailer and did roof damage to a number of mobile homes as well. The tornado moved northeast and did sporadic tree damage along Iron Mountain Road before it crossed Bayou de Loutre. The tornado continued northeast and uprooted a few trees along Patterson Loop Road and Hibanks Road. The tornado then re-strengthened as it crossed Highway 82 and uprooted and snapped several trees near the Hope Landing organization just west of Spencer Lane. Minor tree damage was noted just north of this location before the tornado finally lifted.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCatesville-Multiple trees downed across Iron Mountain Road.

Every storm recorded in Union 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
Lamberton1.4 miles18
Smith2.3 miles19
Pickering3.3 miles19
Caledonia3.4 miles18
New Caledonia3.4 miles18
Foster Hill3.6 miles18
Cargile3.7 miles19
Cornie4.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 59617. 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.