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Cullendale, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Lafayette Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71701. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Camden quadrangle.

Cullendale within Ouachita County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

151 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Cullendale between 1997 and 2020, burning about 359 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 38 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 burning49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Arson/incendiarism38
Equipment and vehicle use12
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
6 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Smoking3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ouachita County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cullendale: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. 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
CamdenSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
GarnerSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ouchita County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Standard Gravel Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerbedded

Every working recorded in Ouachita County

Storms near this place

1 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cullendale in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 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
April 2015FloodCullendale-Heavy rainfall caused the Ouachita River at Camden to rise above flood stage during the morning hours of the 16th. This river fell back below flood stage during the afternoon hours of the 18th.

Every storm recorded in Ouachita 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
Fairview0.8 miles17
Herbert1.2 miles17
Rendezvous2.1 miles17
Camden3.2 miles17
Lakeside5.2 miles16
Frenchport5.3 miles16
Elliott5.7 miles16
Kent6.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76726. 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.