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De Ann, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Garland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71801. The Survey maps it on the Blevins quadrangle.

De Ann within Hempstead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

48 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of De Ann between 1998 and 2020, burning about 343 acres in total. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
9 September 1998Debris and open burning79 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2004Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hempstead County

Storms near this place

12 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names De Ann in 12 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2009Flash FloodDe Ann$135,000Flooding was reported at the intersection of County Road 332 and County Road 209. Flash flooding also resulted in road closures on 32 from Hope to Bodcaw and on 195 from Fulton to Liberty, Arkansas. Highway 73 west of Gurnsey was also closed due to high water on the roadway. Flooding was also widespread across the county with infrastructure damage resulting in Hempstead County receiving Federal assistance.
April 2000Tornado (F0)De Ann$22,000Mainly trees down. Two homes damaged from fallen trees. One "open air" barn lost some siding and roofing material.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindDe Ann$20,000Several large trees and powerlines toppled. One tree fell on a home while another tree fell across an automobile.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDe Ann-Multiple trees downed across roadways across Hempstead County, including in Hope and Blevins.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDe Ann-Tree downed on County Road 252 in the De Ann community.
April 2016HailDe Ann-Nickel size hail fell along Highway 195 north of Hope.
July 2015Flash FloodDe Ann-The intersection of Hwy. 332 and Hwy. 195 was closed due to flooding.
April 2011Flash FloodDe Ann-Flooding was reported at Hwy. 332 at De Ann Creek.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindDe Ann-A massive oak tree in a church yard fell across Hempstead County Road 228. The tree was nearly 80 feet tall.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindDe Ann-Numerous trees and power lines down.
May 2002Flash FloodDe Ann-Highway 67 closed from Emmet to Perrytown.
May 2003HailDe Ann-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hempstead 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
Oakhaven4.6 miles15
Garlandville4.7 miles16
Jakajones (historical)4.8 miles13
Drab (historical)5.1 miles15
Dunlap5.3 miles15
Dolph (historical)5.3 miles15
Perrytown5.8 miles15
Eastridge Addition6.2 miles15

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 De AnnAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19461298The 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 76754. 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.

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.