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Edgemont, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Township 1. It lies in ZIP code area 72044. It lies near Eva Turnley Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Greers Ferry quadrangle. 56 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 574 feet above sea level.

Edgemont within Cleburne County

On record in Edgemont

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

63 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Edgemont between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,081 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 27 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
Arson/incendiarism27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
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
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2000Smoking5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1998Arson/incendiarism25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2001Arson/incendiarism97 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Edgemont: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
UnkStone, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pryor MtnSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Cleburne County

Storms near this place

13 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edgemont in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2015: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flood. 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
May 2010Thunderstorm WindEdgemont$2,000,000Thunderstorm winds struck the Hill Creek Marina on Greers Ferry Lake, destroying three docks. One of the docks was thrown on top of another dock. At least 80 boats were damaged or destroyed, including some boats that overturned or sank. Lightning detection equipment and Doppler weather radar indicated the storm had only a brief life-span. From the time cloud-to-ground lightning developed until it dissipated was only 20 minutes. Altogether, only 13 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes were detected from the storm. Although people were present at the marina when the storm struck, no one was injured.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindEdgemont$10,000Trees were blown down in the Greers Ferry Lake area. A tree limb fell on a power line.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindEdgemont$10,000Multiple trees were blown down at the Devils Fork Recreation Area.
March 2015FloodEdgemont-Water covered several roads across the area.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindEdgemont-Thunderstorm winds downed a number of trees and power lines. Several buildings also sustained some minor roof and structural damage.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindEdgemont-Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and damaged the roofs of several buildings.
August 1997Tornado (F0)Edgemont-An F0 tornado touched down very briefly near Edgemont. A couple of downed trees were the only damage noted along the path of the tornado.
April 2003HailEdgemont-no account filed
May 2002HailEdgemont-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindEdgemont-no account filed
May 2001HailEdgemont-no account filed
April 1999HailEdgemont-no account filed
April 1998HailEdgemont-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
Greers Ferry2.0 miles15
Higden2.0 miles15
Post Oak2.3 miles15
Partain2.9 miles16
Sunny Slope3.4 miles16
Sandiff3.5 miles16
Lone Pine3.5 miles15
Whispering Springs3.8 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 EdgemontAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5337783The 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 57700. 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.