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Dallas, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71953. It lies near Round Top Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Mena quadrangle. It stands 1,102 feet above sea level.

Dallas within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

57 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Dallas between 1996 and 2019, burning about 690 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 11 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 burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresOuachita National ForestTITSWORTH
4 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2015Smokingunder an acreOuachita National ForestWPG 313
27 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOuachita National ForestMILL CREEK
19 September 2001Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Dallas: 5 past producers, 4 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite, Manganese. 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
Cubage & Newtonmn Mining ClaimsManganeseProspect
Bee MountainBarium-BariteProspect
Don H WilliamsBarium-BariteProspect
Two Mile Creek ProspectsBarium-BariteProspect
Berg Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

5 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dallas in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2008: 2 tornado, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2008Tornado (EF1)Dallas-Some trees were knocked down in the Ouachita National Forest.
April 2004HailDallas-no account filed
June 2003HailDallas-no account filed
December 1999Thunderstorm WindDallas-no account filed
October 1998Tornado (F0)Dallas-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
Nunley3.1 miles20
Mena3.6 miles20
Corinth3.9 miles20
Potter Junction4.7 miles22
Olivers Chapel4.8 miles22
Ink6.2 miles19
Shady Grove6.4 miles22
Potter6.5 miles22

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 DallasAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14680818The 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 76742. 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.