Dalark, Arkansas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Manchester Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71923. The Survey maps it on the Dalark quadrangle.
On record in Dalark
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
Henry Atchley Houselisted 1983
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 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.
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Dalark quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
80 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Dalark between 1997 and 2020, burning about 803 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 13 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 | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Dalark: 7 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
25 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dalark in 25 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 12 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 tornado, 2 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalark | $175,000 | A bow echo caused a swath of wind damage. Hundreds of trees were snapped off or uprooted and many utility lines were knocked down. A vacant house in Manning was crushed by a falling tree and the roofs of two mobile homes were damaged. Southeast of Tulip, the roof of a house was damaged. In Carthage, a falling tree knocked some windows out of a house and crushed a pickup truck, and a metal building had part of its roof removed. At the Fairview community north of Sparkman, a house caught fire after an accident with candles, which were being used to light the house after power lines were knocked down. The house burned to the ground. Boys 2 and 3 years old were killed in the fire and their father suffered burns while trying to rescue them. Power was knocked out to the entire county. |
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalark | $175,000 | Dozens of trees were blown down in Dalark, blocking virtually every road in the small town. Several of the trees fell on houses and storage sheds, and one crushed a travel trailer. One mobile home was destroyed by a falling tree and another had its roof blown off. |
| May 1996 | Tornado (F3) | Dalark | $130,000 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalark | $5,000 | A few trees were blown down. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalark | $3,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalark | - | Trees were down across Hwy. 7 and all lanes were temporarily blocked. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Dalark | - | Highway 7 in Dalark had 2.5 feet of water over it. Various roads in Dallas County have 3 to 4 inches over the roads. |
| September 2013 | Heavy Rain | Dalark | - | Rainfall amounts included 5.26 inches at Sparkman and 4.27 inches at Fordyce. |
| August 2006 | Lightning | Dalark | - | Lightning set a tree on fire. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalark | - | Few trees blown down. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalark | - | Several trees were knocked down. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalark | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Dalark | - | A weak tornado touched down over northeast Dallas County about 7 miles north-northeast of Dalark. The tornado moved through mostly rural areas and caused extensive tree damage. The tornado moved northeast into Hot Spring County. |
| March 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalark | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalark | - | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| March 1995 | Hail | Dalark | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Dalark | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Dalark | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Dalark | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Dalark | - | no account filed |
| December 2001 | Flash Flood | Dalark | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Dalark | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalark | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dalark | - | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Hail | Dalark | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Manning | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Jackson (historical) | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Round Hill | 8.2 miles | 8 | |
| Nix (historical) | 8.3 miles | 16 | |
| Sparkman | 8.6 miles | 15 | |
| Willow | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Wave | 10.5 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122554965 | 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 48333. 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.





