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Dixie, Arkansas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72114. It lies near Dark Hollow. The Survey maps it on the McAlmont quadrangle.

Dixie within Pulaski County

On record in Dixie

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 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 21 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

15 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Dixie between 2001 and 2019, burning about 83 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined9
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
22 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 June 2012Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 June 2016Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Dixie: 7 unknowns, 7 producers, 2 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Vermiculite. 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
Construction Products DivisionVermiculiteProducer
Little Rock PlantAluminum, ClayUnknown
Big Sandy No. 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
North Little Rock Plant and DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Arch Street PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Big Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Bruton DepositAluminumUnknown
Bruton ExtensionAluminumUnknown
Cabot QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Crystal HlStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

10 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dixie in 10 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 4 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 2009FloodDixie$300,000The Dixie Addition in North Little Rock flooded. Water was several feet deep in some places. The North Little Rock Fire Department evacuated six homes on the 26th.
July 2024Flash FloodDixie-Water over portions of the parking lot and enter some apartments at the Foothills Apartments in the Lakewood neighborhood of North Little Rock.
April 2022Flash FloodDixie-A report was received via mPING of a car stalled in water on Hwy. 70 near East Washington Rd.
May 2015Flash FloodDixie-Street flooding was observed at several locations in North Little Rock.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindDixie-A few trees were blown over near the intersection of McCain and Warden Rd.
June 2012Heavy RainDixie-An amateur radio operator reported 1.50 inches of rain fell in a 30 minute period.
April 2011HailDixie-The hail fell at McCain Mall.
April 2011HailDixie-Hail fell in Lakewood Village.
May 2008HailDixie-Hail fell at the intersection of Interstate 40 and Springhill Dr.
March 2017HailDixie-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pulaski 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
Niemeyer (historical)0.4 miles21
Rose City1.2 miles21
Pecan Grove1.3 miles21
Fairman1.3 miles21
Protho Junction1.6 miles21
North Little Rock2.1 miles21
Lakewood2.3 miles21
Park Hill2.3 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57660. 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.