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Dolph, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bryan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72528. It lies near Hively Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Pineville quadrangle. It stands 883 feet above sea level.

Dolph within Izard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

155 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Dolph between 1997 and 2020, burning about 5,859 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 48 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 burning49
Arson/incendiarism48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined47
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
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
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2011Smoking6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2004Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2004Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2011Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Izard County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dolph: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Izard County

Storms near this place

4 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dolph in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2014: 2 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2008Flash FloodDolph$1,000,000Low lying roads, bridges, and low water crossings were flooded. Arkansas Highway 56 was closed briefly between Calico Rock and Brockwell due to flooding.
April 2014Flash FloodDolph$150,000Arkansas 69 was under water at Mt. Pleasant. County roads suffered damage.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindDolph-Trees were downed.
January 2000Tornado (F1)Dolph-A weak tornado moved from eastern Baxter County into western Izard County, heading to the northeast. A couple of turkey houses were heavily damaged north of Dolph, with several trees downed as well. The tornado eventually dissipated about 2 miles north-northeast of Dolph.

Every storm recorded in Izard 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
Crossroads2.6 miles17
Huron (historical)2.7 miles17
Iuka2.8 miles19
Pineville4.5 miles17
Wideman6.2 miles17
Forty Four6.5 miles17
Pleasant Valley6.8 miles19
Calico Rock7.6 miles19

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 DolphAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5289584The 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 57671. 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.