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Dunlap, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Wallaceburg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71825. The Survey maps it on the Blevins quadrangle.

Dunlap within Hempstead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

44 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Dunlap between 1997 and 2020, burning about 372 acres in total. 2 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 burning19
Arson/incendiarism11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2004Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hempstead County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Dunlap: 11 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
UnkIronPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hempstead County

Storms near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dunlap in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2011Tornado (EF2)Dunlap2 hurt, $500,000The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey in northern Hempstead County Arkansas and concluded that storm damage was the result of an EF2 tornado. The tornado touched down at around 8:40 AM east of the town of Blevins near a chicken farm. Four large chicken houses were completely destroyed and hundreds of chickens killed. A small trailer on the south side of the chicken houses used as an office for the farm was picked up and thrown 20 yards north into one of the chicken houses. The occupant inside the trailer sustained minor injuries. Another worker on the farm also sustained minor injuries. Metal debris was found up to 3 miles east from the farm. The tornado continued east crossing CR 45. Numerous trees were snapped along a treeline south of hwy 371 as the tornado paralleled the hwy. The tornado lifted near CR 17 in Nevada County Maximum winds are estimated at 115-120 mph.
May 2023Flash FloodDunlap-Highway 371 east of Blevins was flooded.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindDunlap-A tree was blown down onto Highway 195 near Marlbrook Baptist Church.
July 2019Flash FloodDunlap-Another (a second) culvert was washed out on Highway 371 east of Blevins. Highway 371 was closed between Blevins and Prescott due to flooding/portions of the road being washed out.
July 2015Flash FloodDunlap-Hwy. 16 was washed out just off Hwy. 371 west of Prescott, Arkansas.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindDunlap-Numerous trees were downed.

Every storm recorded in Hempstead 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
Drab (historical)1.1 miles15
Deanyville2.2 miles16
Blevins2.4 miles15
Wallaceburg2.8 miles14
Arcadia3.9 miles16
Garlandville4.0 miles16
Kilgore (historical)4.3 miles14
Jakajones (historical)4.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 56998. 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.