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Cerrogordo, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1990. It stands in District 1. It lies in ZIP code area 71866. The Survey maps it on the Cerrogordo quadrangle.

Cerrogordo within Little River County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

183 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 183 fires within 5 miles of Cerrogordo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,705 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 81 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
Arson/incendiarism81
Debris and open burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Equipment and vehicle use17
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2

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 2002Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2015Arson/incendiarism50 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2015Arson/incendiarism12 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2001Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2000Arson/incendiarism5.5 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
27 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
26 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined32 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
23 September 2015Debris and open burning17 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Little River County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cerrogordo: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Little River County

Storms near this place

5 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cerrogordo in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
March 2026Thunderstorm WindCerrogordo-Three structures were damaged near the Arkansas/Oklahoma state line.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindCerrogordo-A tree was blown down at Billingsleys Corner near Cerrogordo Road.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindCerrogordo-A couple of trees were downed across the road just west of Horatio, Arkansas.
April 2000Tornado (F1)Cerrogordo-Supercells developed in unstable airmass ahead of a multicellular squall line which moved southeast across the area. Both the supercells and squall line produced tornadoes. Damage patch consisted of numerous snapped and fallen small trees. The tornado moved thorugh a wooded region away from any population with few structures present. This tornado moved into Sevier County, AR.
April 1994HailCerrogordo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Little River 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
Billingsleys Corner3.7 miles11
Jewell5.2 miles11
Morris Ferry (historical)5.3 miles11
Oak Grove5.8 miles11
Cross Roads7.4 miles11
Winthrop8.8 miles10
Eastport9.1 miles11
Arkinda9.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76580. 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.