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Cleveland, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Nichols Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72030. It stands on Brock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cleveland quadrangle. It stands 728 feet above sea level.

Cleveland within Conway County

On record in Cleveland

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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

91 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Cleveland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,231 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 29 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/incendiarism29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Debris and open burning17
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Conway 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 Cleveland: 1 past producer. 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

Every working recorded in Conway County

Storms near this place

23 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cleveland in 23 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 14 hail, 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Funnel CloudCleveland-A funnel cloud occurred over the town of Cleveland.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCleveland-Multiple trees were blown down in Cleveland.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindCleveland-Roof panels were blown off of an outbuilding.
May 2011HailCleveland-Hail fell on Arkansas Highway 95.
May 2009Flash FloodCleveland-Flooding occurred on Arkansas Highway 95 south of Cleveland.
September 2005Tornado (F2)Cleveland-A strong tornado briefly touched down in northern Conway County. The tornado moved to the northwest around the remnants of Hurricane Rita. Estimated winds with the tornado were about 125 mph. All of the damage observed was on a hilltop. A double-wide mobile home, which had been tied down with tie-down straps, was destroyed. The home was blown across the highway, with much of the debris striking a church. The church itself had considerable damage. A sport utility vehicle also sustained some damage. The tornado was on the ground for about one mile before dissipating.
April 2004Tornado (F0)Cleveland-A weak tornado was spawned in northern Conway County roughly 4 to 5 miles east-northeast of Cleveland. The tornado briefly touched down and caused some minor tree damage before dissipating.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindCleveland-Thunderstorm winds downed some trees.
June 2008HailCleveland-no account filed
February 2008HailCleveland-no account filed
April 2006HailCleveland-no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindCleveland-no account filed
August 2006HailCleveland-no account filed
November 2003HailCleveland-no account filed
February 2001HailCleveland-no account filed
February 2001HailCleveland-no account filed
March 2000HailCleveland-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCleveland-no account filed
July 1997HailCleveland-no account filed
May 1997HailCleveland-no account filed
February 1996HailCleveland-no account filed
February 1996HailCleveland-no account filed
April 1993HailCleveland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Conway 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
Blick2.6 miles16
Lost Corner3.0 miles16
Gobblers Point3.7 miles18
Robertsville5.6 miles16
Sunnyside5.7 miles17
Jerusalem5.8 miles18
Lick Mountain5.9 miles17
Lanty6.0 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 ClevelandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5132021The 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 76637. 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.