Cord, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Black River-Marshell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72524. The Survey maps it on the Cord quadrangle. It stands 328 feet above sea level.
On record in Cord
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
Walnut Grove Cemeterylisted 2013
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1932 USGS Strawberry quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Strawberry quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Strawberry quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Cord quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Cord between 1999 and 2020, burning about 376 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
| 23 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cord: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cord in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cord | $30,000 | A home was damaged and a barn was destroyed. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cord | $15,000 | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cord | $15,000 | Two businesses had minor damage and a roof was blown off a mobile home. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cord | $1,000 | A tree was blown down on Arkansas Highway 25. |
| April 2022 | Flash Flood | Cord | - | Arkansas Dept. of Transportation reported a road closure on Hwy. 37 from West Hopewell Rd. to Jackson County Rd. 64 in Cord due to high water. The time was based on radar data. |
| February 2019 | Flash Flood | Cord | - | Water was over all lanes of Hwy 37. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cord | - | Social media reported trees and power lines down. |
| April 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Cord | - | A weak tornado touched down about 4.5 miles east of Cord and traveled to the northeast into Jackson County. The tornado tracked along the Black River bottoms and downed some trees. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cord | - | Some trees were blown down. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Cord | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Cord | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Cord | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Cord | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Cord | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dota | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Walnut Grove | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Dowdy | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Hazel Grove | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Charlotte | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Lockheart (historical) | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Lockheart | 5.4 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 Cord | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5169869 | 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 48039. 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.






