Dooley, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Garland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71854. The Survey maps it on the Fouke NE quadrangle. It stands 253 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1952 USGS Fouke NE quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Magnolia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
59 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Dooley between 1997 and 2019, burning about 720 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 89 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dooley: 3 past producers. 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.
Storms near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dooley in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Dooley | $50,000 | An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 100 mph touched down along Miller County 21 and Miller County 116 where it uprooted trees and snapped the wooden pole of a electrical transmission line. It continued moving northwest and crossed Highway 296, downing large limbs. Before the tornado lifted just north of Highway 296, it ripped off the shingles and destroyed the carport of a single family home. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dooley | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees and damaged several roofs. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dooley | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and damaged the roof of a chicken barn. |
| January 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dooley | $500 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down some tree limbs. |
| March 2018 | Flash Flood | Dooley | - | High water covered Highway 82 and County Road 21. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Dooley | - | Half dollar size hail fell 6 miles east of Texarkana. |
| January 1994 | Hail | Dooley | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down some tree limbs. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Dooley | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees and damaged several roofs. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Dooley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hervey | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Clear Lake Junction | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Paup | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Homan | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Mandeville | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Artex | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Lakewood Estates | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| McKinney | 6.4 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 Dooley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5297024 | 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 56994. 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.






