Drasco, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Township 1. It lies in ZIP code area 72530. It lies near Ben Frank Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Drasco quadrangle. 144 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 994 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1890 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Drasco quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
32 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Drasco between 1997 and 2020, burning about 338 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 21 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 36 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 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 Drasco: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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
22 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Drasco in 22 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 13 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drasco | $50,000 | Part of the metal roof of a chicken house was blown off. Some of the metal ended up wrapped around a power pole. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drasco | $15,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drasco | $10,000 | A tree fell on a mobile home. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drasco | $5,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Drasco | - | Quarter sized hail fell in the town of Drasco. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drasco | - | Thunderstorm winds uprooted numerous huge trees, with several of these along Highway 25. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drasco | - | A tree was reported down on Arkansas Highway 25. |
| December 2006 | Heavy Rain | Drasco | - | Heavy rains fell over portions of Cleburne County and produced some localized flooding. Several county roads were blocked for a short time due to high water levels. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drasco | - | The portion of a tin roof was blown off a barn in Drasco. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drasco | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees. |
| September 2012 | Hail | Drasco | - | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Hail | Drasco | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Drasco | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drasco | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Drasco | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Drasco | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Drasco | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drasco | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drasco | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Drasco | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drasco | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Drasco | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf Bayou | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Fivemile | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Ida | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Concord | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Banner | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Tumbling Shoals | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Brownsville | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Woodrow | 7.4 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 Drasco | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5305885 | 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 76816. 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.





