Coleman, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Spring Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71655. The Survey maps it on the Tyro quadrangle. It stands 302 feet above sea level.
On record in Coleman
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
Look See Treelisted 2008
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1935 USGS Rotan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tyro quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Rotan quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Dumas quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
43 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Coleman between 2001 and 2020, burning about 317 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 2014 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | DRE7343926 |
| 31 July 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 July 2008 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 July 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | DRE7227586 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Coleman: 19 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coleman in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2015: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coleman | $25,000 | A tree fell on a mobile home on Pleasant Springs Road. |
| November 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coleman | $20,000 | The roof was blown off a house on East Mt. Zion Rd. Trees were also blown down. This is close to the Lincoln an Drew County line. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coleman | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew trees down. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coleman | - | Trees were blown down across Arkansas Highway 83. |
| April 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Coleman | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montongo | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Old Union (historical) | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Florence | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Plantersville | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Rose Hill | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Rock Springs | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Brandon | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Bethel | 10.2 miles | 10 |
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 Coleman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5142970 | 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 56966. 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.





