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Chickalah, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Magazine Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72833. It stands on Little Chickalah Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chickalah Mountain East quadrangle. It stands 407 feet above sea level.

Chickalah within Yell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

48 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Chickalah between 1997 and 2018, burning about 326 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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 burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2006Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2000Debris and open burning3.1 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsLANMAN
16 September 2000Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yell County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Chickalah: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Unk Shale Pits 2ClayPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Warren Brothers Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Yell County

Storms near this place

20 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chickalah in 20 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 5 tornado, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2017Tornado (EF0)Chickalah$200,000A supercell produced an EF0 tornado, which was on the ground for approximately 0.5 miles. Most resultant damage occurred in the form of downed trees. There were also 2 high voltage electric transmission towers that were heavily damaged by the tornado.
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Chickalah$75,000A tornado destroyed a mobile home and blew down numerous trees.
March 1997Tornado (F1)Chickalah$15,000no account filed
September 2013Thunderstorm WindChickalah$10,000Power lines were blown down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindChickalah$10,000Trees were blown down onto power lines.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindChickalah$10,000Trees were blown down.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindChickalah$10,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
January 2022Heavy RainChickalah-The emergency manager reported 4.5 inches of rain since the day before.
September 2020Flash FloodChickalah-Roads were flooded in and near Chickalah.
June 2019Flash FloodChickalah-Two low water bridges were impassable due to flooding.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindChickalah-Trees were down in Chickalah.
March 2018Thunderstorm WindChickalah-A few power poles were blown down.
January 2006Tornado (F2)Chickalah-A strong tornado touched down in northern Yell County, about 5 miles southwest of Chickalah. Estimated winds with the tornado were around 140 mph. A house was severely damaged. An abandoned mobile home, used for storage, was badly damaged. A few chicken houses had major damage, and a number of others had parts of the roofs taken off. A travel trailer was overturned, with numerous sheds and outbuildings destroyed. A number of power lines and power poles were blown down. Hundreds of trees were either snapped off or uprooted. A mobile home was also destroyed by fire, apparently due to a fallen power line. The tornado tracked to the east-northeast for about 13 miles before moving into southern Pope County.
April 2004Tornado (F1)Chickalah-A weak tornado tracked from eastern Logan County into northern Yell County. As it entered Yell County, the tornado gradually weakened, with some trees knocked down. The tornado dissipated 4 to 5 miles west of Dardanelle.
May 2022HailChickalah-no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindChickalah-no account filed
April 2005HailChickalah-no account filed
April 2002HailChickalah-no account filed
May 1996HailChickalah-no account filed
July 1994HailChickalah-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yell 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
Mosley1.8 miles18
Pisgah3.1 miles21
Sulphur Springs3.2 miles18
Alpha3.4 miles17
Oak Grove3.9 miles21
Mount Nebo4.0 miles18
Mount George4.0 miles18
Ranger4.5 miles17

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 ChickalahAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5096180The 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 71130. 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.