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Cotter, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 10. It lies in ZIP code area 72626. It lies near Bayless Island. The Survey maps it on the Cotter quadrangle. 886 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 633 feet above sea level.

Cotter within Baxter County

On record in Cotter

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 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

45 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Cotter between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,266 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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/incendiarism15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony1
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
30 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2005Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2012Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2001Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 July 2011Arson/incendiarism46 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baxter County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Cotter: 4 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Corbin Iron DepositIronOccurrence
Flippin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown QuarryStoneUnknown
Kenneth Mcdowell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Marion County Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Great Eastern ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Highup MineLead, ZincUnknown
Ike Emery ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Summit Home PlrospectLead, ZincOccurrence

Every working recorded in Baxter County

Storms near this place

12 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cotter in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2015: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 35 injuries. 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
February 2008Tornado (EF2)Cotter1 killed, 35 hurt, $15,750,000The tornado moved from Marion County, north-northeast of Rea Valley, into Baxter County, just east-southeast of Cotter. A survey by the Red Cross indicated 21 houses were destroyed, 23 suffered major damage, 35 had minor damage, and 147 others were affected. In addition, 9 mobile homes were destroyed, 12 suffered major damage, 10 had minor damage, and 10 others were affected. One fatality occurred in a mobile home park. Most of the residential structures were in the area around Gassville. A number of businesses in Gassville, along U.S. Highway 62/412, were damaged. Numerous trees, power lines, and power poles were blown down. The tornado dissipated before reaching Mountain Home.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindCotter$2,000Several trees were blown down.
August 2006Flash FloodCotter-Heavy rains produced localized flash flooding near Cotter, where several county roads were impassible due to high water levels.
January 2002Thunderstorm WindCotter-Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree at Cotter.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindCotter-Several large trees were blown down onto a house. The house sustained minor damage.
April 2015HailCotter-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindCotter-no account filed
April 2003HailCotter-no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindCotter-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindCotter-no account filed
March 1996HailCotter-no account filed
March 1996Thunderstorm WindCotter-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Baxter 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
Gassville2.3 miles18
Independence (historical)3.7 miles18
Conville (historical)4.4 miles18
Whiteville4.4 miles18
Monkey Run5.9 miles18
Buford5.9 miles18
Laytonville (historical)6.5 miles18
Colfax6.6 miles18

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 CotterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q79612The 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 76681. 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.