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Douglasville, Arkansas

26 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 72204. It lies near Fourche Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Little Rock quadrangle.

Douglasville within Pulaski County

On record in Douglasville

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

18 surveys from 26 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

13 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Douglasville between 1998 and 2017, burning about 95 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 burning5
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
28 August 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2012Natural6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2012Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 June 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 April 2003Debris and open burning40 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 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Douglasville: 12 unknowns, 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Slate, Dimension, Clay. 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 NameSlate, DimensionUnknown
Unknown S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Arch Street PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Arch Street QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Little Rock MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pulaski County Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
East Bauxite AreaAluminumUnknown

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

27 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Douglasville in 27 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 6 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
April 2008Tornado (EF1)Douglasville1 hurt, $50,000,000A tornado began in the western part of Little Rock, just west of the intersection of Interstate 630 and John Barrow Rd. It traveled through the Leawood subdivision of Little Rock and the city of Cammack Village, dropped off a bluff into Murray Park, crossed the Arkansas River, and ended in North Little Rock near the soccer fields in Burns Park. The vast majority of damage from this tornado was due to large trees falling on houses and vehicles. The approximate count of houses included six destroyed, 98 with major damage, and 170 with minor damage. In addition, four businesses had major damage and three had minor damage. Eleven apartments also suffered damage.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindDouglasville$100,000Numerous trees were blown down on the west side of Little Rock. Two businesses had sections of their roofs blown off. Power lines were blown down, knocking out power to several thousand electric customers.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindDouglasville$50,000Several large trees were blown down and one was down on a house near Boyle Park.
August 2013LightningDouglasville$50,000Lightning set fire to a house on Laurice Cir. in west Little Rock. The kitchen was destroyed and there was smoke damage throughout the house. The residents were home at the time but were not injured.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindDouglasville$25,000Trees were blown down in the area of Boyle Park Rd. and Archwood Dr. in west Little Rock. One of the trees fell on a car.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindDouglasville$10,000A tree fell on a home on Manor Avenue in Southwest Little Rock.
July 2024FloodDouglasville-Water overflowing the roadway along Western Hills Drive on the western side of Little Rock.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindDouglasville-Trees were down on Elm St. in the Hillcrest area of Little Rock.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindDouglasville-Tree limbs were snapped and trees were uprooted on C Street in the Hillcrest part of Little Rock.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindDouglasville-Trees were blown down in several locations in west Little Rock and a few roads were blocked.
December 2021Flash FloodDouglasville-Street flooding was reported in Little Rock.
April 2021HailDouglasville-Penny sized hail was observed in Little Rock.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindDouglasville-A social media report showed pictures of several trees down off Kanis Rd. in the Twin Lakes area.
January 2020Flash FloodDouglasville-The fire department reported ongoing water rescues in the midtown area of Little Rock due to flash flooding.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindDouglasville-Multiple trees were blown down throughout Pulaski county.
October 2020Flash FloodDouglasville-Several intersections were reported to be flooded in the downtown area.
June 2020Flash FloodDouglasville-Minor street flooding occurred in parts of West Little Rock.
June 2020HailDouglasville-Quarter size hail was reported at Children's Hospital.
June 2020HailDouglasville-Golfball sized hail was reported at UAMS in downtown Little Rock.
April 2019Flash FloodDouglasville-Several roads in Pulaski County have been reported as flooded including Highway 365 at King Rd., Highway 161 at Trammel Rd., Wayne Rd., JF Cooley Rd., Macarthur at Cedar Rd., Marche Rd., Arch and Baseline Rd., Jim Hall Rd., Kelly/Reed Rd., Crystal Hill/Kelly Rd., Lawson/Faulkner Rd., and Pratt Rd.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindDouglasville-A tree was downed in a yard on Tyler Street.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindDouglasville-Thunderstorm winds caused damage to some power lines, resulting in scattered power outages in Little Rock.
September 2018Flash FloodDouglasville-Little Rock city police observed flash flooding on South University at St. Vincent, Kanis Rd. at Bowman Rd., and Cantrell Rd. in the Pleasant Ridge area.
March 2011HailDouglasville-Quarter size hail fell on John Barrow Rd.
April 2011HailDouglasville-no account filed
April 2011HailDouglasville-no account filed
April 2007HailDouglasville-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
Azalea Place0.4 miles26
Westwood0.8 miles26
Rosedale0.8 miles26
Meadowcliff1.3 miles26
Pecan Lake1.5 miles25
Westbrook1.5 miles25
Tall Timbers West1.5 miles25
Geyer Springs1.6 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 68199. 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.