Diamondhead, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fenter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71913. It stands on Slunger Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Catherine quadrangle.
On record in Diamondhead
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Lake Catherine State Park-Bridge No. 2listed 1992 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1948 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Lake Catherine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
110 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Diamondhead between 1997 and 2020, burning about 498 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 17 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 | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Diamondhead: 7 producers, 5 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Vanadium, Niobium (Columbium), Barium-Barite, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Jones Mills Smelter | Aluminum | Plant | ||
| Arkansas Power and Light Company Property | Fluorine-Fluorite, Pyrite | Past Producer | ||
| Kimsey Prospect | Niobium (Columbium), Molybdenum | Producer | Brookite, Molybdenite | |
| Magnet Cove Mica Deposit | Mica | Unknown | ||
| No Name | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Nichols & Campbell Prospect | Titanium | Prospect | ||
| Titanium Alloy Co. | Titanium | Past Producer | ||
| Chamberlain Creek | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Lecroy Farm | Niobium (Columbium) | Unknown |
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Diamondhead in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Diamondhead | $100,000 | This tornado exited Garland County and moved into Hot Spring County in the Diamondhead area. The tornado blew down hundreds of trees. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Diamondhead | $20,000 | Power lines were knocked down due to falling trees. Trees were down on Arkansas Highway 171, and power lines were knocked down due to falling trees in Malvern. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Diamondhead | - | Trees were blown down at Lake Catherine State Park. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Diamondhead | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Diamondhead | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Diamondhead | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorewood Hills | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Cove Creek (historical) | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Jones Mills | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Morning Star | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Magnet Cove | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Oak Grove | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Butterfield | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Rockport | 7.3 miles | 13 |
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 Diamondhead | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q140199012 | 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 57654. 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.







