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Clover Bend, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lawrence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72410. The Survey maps it on the Alicia quadrangle.

Clover Bend within Lawrence County

On record in Clover Bend

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

31 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Clover Bend between 1999 and 2018, burning about 636 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 burning16
Arson/incendiarism9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1

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 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use18 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 July 2006Natural60 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 June 2006Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 April 2007Debris and open burning31 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 April 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 April 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence 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 Clover Bend: 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
D F JonesSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms near this place

5 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clover Bend in 5 storm reports between 2002 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 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
November 2005Thunderstorm WindClover Bend$25,000A fully secured trailer lost its roof and sustained significant structural damage near the town of Whiskerville. Some minor roof damage occurred and several trees were blown down.
April 2002HailClover Bend$10no account filed
March 2026Tornado (EF1)Clover Bend-This tornado began along County Road 547 where it damaged several power poles. The tornado continued towards the northeast over mostly farmland along County Road 534. It then moved into the town of Minturn where numerous trees were uprooted or snapped. Additionally, a few mobile homes sustained roof damage. The tornado then crossed over Interstate 67 and Narrow Gauge Road where more trees were uprooted. As it continued to the northeast, it tracked over more farmland before causing minor roof damage to a barn off County Road 701. The tornado continued toward County Road 705 where it downed more trees and power poles before dissipating. This tornado was rated EF1 with estimated maximum winds of 105 mph.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindClover Bend-Straight line winds caused roof damage to a home and a workshop along Highway 228 West near Minturn. The workshop roof was partially blown off.
January 2007Flash FloodClover Bend-Heavy rain produced flash flooding as a result County Road 543 near Clover Bend and County Road 716 near Hoxie were flooded.

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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
Hopewell0.3 miles10
Lauratown2.7 miles12
Minturn3.5 miles10
Arbor Grove3.5 miles12
Calvin4.0 miles10
Lindsey4.1 miles10
Broom (historical)4.5 miles10
Strangers Home4.6 miles10

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 Clover BendAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5135874The 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 61593. 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.