Charlotte, Arkansas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Dota Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72522. It stands on Dry Fork Dota Creek. The Survey maps it on the Charlotte quadrangle. It stands 354 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1932 USGS Strawberry quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Strawberry quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Strawberry quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Charlotte quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
50 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Charlotte between 1997 and 2020, burning about 690 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1999 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Charlotte: 5 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Charlotte in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charlotte | $65,000 | A mobile home was rolled, destroying it. Three other homes had roof and outbuilding damage. Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| March 2012 | Lightning | Charlotte | $15,000 | Lightning set fire to an outbuilding. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charlotte | - | An NWS survey team found damage consistent with a strong microburst with estimated wind speed of 80 to 90 mph. Several trees and small structures were found damaged near the community of Charlotte. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charlotte | - | Multiple trees and power lines downed across Independence county with many blocking roadways. The hardest hit areas within the county were the towns of Charlotte, Cord, and Newark. Approximately 6,000 customers lost power due to the damaging winds. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charlotte | - | Trees were down along Hwy 25. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charlotte | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down a number of trees and power lines. Several homes also sustained some structural damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Hill | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Walnut Grove | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Dota | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Cord | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Carmel | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Gainsboro | 5.1 miles | 20 | |
| Sharp | 5.1 miles | 20 | |
| Hazel Grove | 5.6 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 Charlotte | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5085792 | 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 47710. 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.






