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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.

Drasco within Cleburne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

32 since 1997

Regional 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 burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Natural1

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
8 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2012Debris and open burning21 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2010Arson/incendiarism36 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 July 2011Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cleburne 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 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Cleburne County

Storms near this place

22 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2014Thunderstorm WindDrasco$50,000Part of the metal roof of a chicken house was blown off. Some of the metal ended up wrapped around a power pole.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindDrasco$15,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindDrasco$10,000A tree fell on a mobile home.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindDrasco$5,000Trees were blown down.
August 2023HailDrasco-Quarter sized hail fell in the town of Drasco.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindDrasco-Thunderstorm winds uprooted numerous huge trees, with several of these along Highway 25.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindDrasco-A tree was reported down on Arkansas Highway 25.
December 2006Heavy RainDrasco-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 2001Thunderstorm WindDrasco-The portion of a tin roof was blown off a barn in Drasco.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindDrasco-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees.
September 2012HailDrasco-no account filed
October 2004HailDrasco-no account filed
July 2001HailDrasco-no account filed
April 1999Thunderstorm WindDrasco-no account filed
March 1999HailDrasco-no account filed
April 1998HailDrasco-no account filed
April 1998HailDrasco-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindDrasco-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindDrasco-no account filed
July 1998HailDrasco-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDrasco-no account filed
March 1996Thunderstorm WindDrasco-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cleburne 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
Wolf Bayou2.5 miles15
Fivemile3.0 miles15
Ida3.2 miles15
Concord5.7 miles17
Banner6.2 miles17
Tumbling Shoals6.3 miles15
Brownsville6.7 miles16
Woodrow7.4 miles15

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 DrascoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5305885The 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.