BlockDryden, Arkansas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Texas Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72421. The Survey maps it on the Cash quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1935 USGS Sedgwick quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Sedgwick quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Sedgwick quadrangle1:62500
- 1980 USGS Cash quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Dryden between 1999 and 2019, burning about 409 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 June 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 June 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 June 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 December 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 80 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 November 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 November 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 78 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 October 2015 | Debris and open burning | 85 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dryden: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery Prospect | Manganese | Prospect |
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dryden in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 2 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Dryden | $100,000 | A tornado touched down northeast of Cash, snapping 12 power poles and damaging a barn. Peak winds were estimated to be 105 mph. |
| August 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Dryden | $15,000 | A tornado developed north of Cash and moved northwest. The tornado pulled metal panels from an airplane hangar west of Highway 18. The tornado damaged the roof of a home and uprooted trees along Highway 91 southeast of Egypt. Trees were uprooted in Egypt, and the tornado dissipated as it moved through the community. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Dryden | $2,000 | Quarter size hail fell at the intersection of Highway 18 and County Road 160, just north of Cash. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Dryden | - | Penny sized hail on Highway 26 between Jonesboro and Cash. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dryden | - | Straight line winds knocked over a grain cart in the middle of the intersection of County Road 160 and County Road 155. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57679. 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.