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Delaware, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Delaware Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72835. It lies near Charlie Rollans Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Delaware quadrangle. It stands 361 feet above sea level.

Delaware within Logan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

50 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Delaware between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,185 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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 burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
7 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2006Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Logan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Delaware: 17 unknowns, 12 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Arkansas Ledge Stone CoStone, DimensionPast Producer
Shale PitClayUnknown
UnkClayPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unk Gravel Quarries 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Logan County

Storms near this place

12 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Delaware in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 dust devil. 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
July 2012Dust DevilDelaware$75,000A very well-developed dust devil damaged four chicken houses near Delaware. Tin was torn off the roof and sides of the chicken houses. The debris was pulled so high into the air that it flew over trees and ridges. Cattle and horses were frightened and ran.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindDelaware-Multiple trees were blown down near the town of Delaware.
May 2020HailDelaware-A public report was received of dime size hail in Delware.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindDelaware-Several trees were blown down.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindDelaware-Thunderstorm winds blew down some large tree limbs.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindDelaware-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindDelaware-Some trees were blown down.
April 2022HailDelaware-no account filed
April 2008HailDelaware-no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindDelaware-no account filed
March 1996HailDelaware-no account filed
February 1996HailDelaware-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Logan 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
Riverside1.2 miles19
Liberty3.4 miles19
New Blaine6.4 miles20
Shady Grove7.2 miles18
Sommer (historical)7.9 miles20
Saint Scholastica8.9 miles20
Geren (historical)9.2 miles20
Johnson9.2 miles20

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 DelawareAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5253200The 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 71363. 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.