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Douglas Corner, Arkansas

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Big Rock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72210. It stands on Panther Branch. The Survey maps it on the Alexander quadrangle.

Douglas Corner within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 25 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

36 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Douglas Corner between 1998 and 2017, burning about 215 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 burning11
Arson/incendiarism11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
23 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2007Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2012Natural6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 July 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 2006Misuse of fire by a minor10 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 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Douglas Corner: 10 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Fullers Earth. 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 Calcine MillClayProducer
No NameLimestone, DimensionUnknown
No NameFullers EarthUnknown
No NameSlate, DimensionUnknown
Quartz Crystal ProspectSilicaUnknown
Pulaski County Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Tayor Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
East Bauxite AreaAluminumUnknown
Saddle AreaAluminumUnknown

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

6 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Douglas Corner in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
May 2010Heavy RainDouglas Corner$1,500,000Very heavy rain late on the afternoon of May 25th led to the collapse of the roof over a wing of J.A. Fair High School in southwest Little Rock. The roof fell in over two classrooms. Concrete blocks, lockers, and other debris were scattered down adjacent hallways. Some staff members were still in the building when the collapse occurred, but there were no injuries. Several inches of water covered most of the floors in the school Nearby, a few broken limbs and some small branches in the road indicated that winds from the thunderstorm did not likely exceed 40 mph.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindDouglas Corner-A tree was blown down in southwestern Little Rock on Old Stagecoach Road.
April 2023Heavy RainDouglas Corner-Crystal Valley received 3.50 inches of rain in a 24 hour period ending at 600 am CST.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindDouglas Corner-A tree fell onto a house in southwestern Little Rock.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindDouglas Corner-A tree was blown down and blocking one lane of traffic on I-430.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindDouglas Corner-Trees were uprooted off of Stagecoach Rd.

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
Tall Timbers West1.3 miles25
Westbrook1.4 miles25
Kensington Place1.7 miles25
Pecan Lake2.0 miles25
Rosedale2.2 miles26
Westwood2.2 miles26
Spring Valley2.3 miles25
Azalea Place2.4 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 68198. 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.