Cato, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It lies in ZIP code area 72120. It sits by Cato Point. The Survey maps it on the Cato quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1891 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Camp Pike quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Cato quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Cato quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Cato quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
30 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Cato between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,876 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 April 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 April 1997 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cato in 13 storm reports between 2005 and 2024: 6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Cato | $10,000 | After the tornado crossed into Faulkner County, the tornado caused several trees to snap or be uprooted. Additional, the tornado caused minor roofing damage and an outbuilding to collapse. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cato | $10,000 | A few trees were downed. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cato | $500 | An eight to ten inch diameter oak tree limb was down across a highway. |
| January 2024 | Hail | Cato | - | Quarter sized hail fell in the community of Cato, AR. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cato | - | A tree was blown down in the town of Cato. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Cato | - | This tornado touched down just south of the Faulkner County near the intersection of Frenchman Mountain and Watson Roads, moving northeast from Pulaski County into far southeast portions of Faulkner County. This tornado then passed back into Pulaski county near the Bridgefield neighborhood. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cato | - | The Cato Fire Department estimated winds at 60 mph. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Cato | - | Water was a foot deep over Cato Road. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Cato | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Cato | - | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Hail | Cato | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Cato | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Cato | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gentry Corner | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Brockington Corner | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Chadwick (historical) | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Saltillo | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Otto | 7.9 miles | 11 | |
| Duncans Gap (historical) | 8.8 miles | 11 | |
| Mayflower | 9.0 miles | 19 | |
| Gold Lake Estates | 9.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 47527. 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.
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.










