Deer, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Pleasant Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72628. The Survey maps it on the Deer quadrangle. 135 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,339 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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.
- 1933 USGS Mt Judea quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Mt Judea quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Mt Judea SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Deer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Deer between 1992 and 2019, burning about 241 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 23 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/incendiarism | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | DEER #2 |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | DEER #1 |
| 20 July 2012 | Natural | 6.5 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | NELLIE |
| 1 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | NAIL |
| 6 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | SAWMILL |
| 4 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | TATLOR RIDGE |
| 2 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.2 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | GREEN HAW |
| 17 April 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | DOG BRANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Deer: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. 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 | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
28 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deer in 28 storm reports between 1993 and 2017: 15 hail, 13 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew roofs off some houses and knocked down some trees. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer | $10,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer | $5,000 | This is a delayed report. Newton County emergency management reported a porch was damaged by thunderstorm winds near Deer. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer | $5,000 | A roof was removed from a porch at a home in Deer by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer | $1,000 | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer | $1,000 | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer | - | Several buildings sustained roof damage in and around Deer. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer | - | Power lines were knocked down. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer | - | Several large trees were blown down. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Deer | - | Hail up to nickel size damaged several roofs. |
| November 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer | - | A garage was damaged by fallen trees. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Deer | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Deer | - | no account filed |
| February 2006 | Hail | Deer | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Deer | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Deer | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Deer | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Deer | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Deer | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Deer | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Deer | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Deer | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer | - | no account filed |
| November 1995 | Hail | Deer | - | no account filed |
| January 1994 | Hail | Deer | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Deer | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowell | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Crossroad | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Nail | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Limestone | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Wayton | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Chancel | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Holt (historical) | 6.5 miles | 15 |
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 Deer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5250682 | 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 71358. 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.









