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Elmo, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Oil Trough Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72112. It stands on Bear Wallow Slough. The Survey maps it on the Olyphant quadrangle.

Elmo within Independence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

6 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Elmo between 2005 and 2018, burning about 390 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
12 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined90 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 April 2006Debris and open burning20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 March 2005Arson/incendiarism80 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 March 2005Arson/incendiarism80 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 March 2005Arson/incendiarism60 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 March 2005Arson/incendiarism60 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Independence County

Storms near this place

10 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elmo in 10 storm reports between 2009 and 2018: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 hail, 1 flash 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
March 2010Thunderstorm WindElmo$50,000Two truck trailers were overturned, with one of the trailers crushing a boat and boat trailer. A camper shell was blown into a power pole, and barns and outbuildings were damaged.
May 2011Tornado (EF1)Elmo$30,000An EF1 tornado touched down east of Oil Trough. Several power poles were snapped and many trees were blown down. Some homes received roof damage. The tornado exited Independence County east-southeast of Paroquet and entered Jackson County west-southwest of Reamey.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindElmo-A personal weather instrument recorded a wind gust of 61 mph.
May 2012Flash FloodElmo-Arkansas 14 was covered by water.
April 2009Tornado (EF0)Elmo-A tornado moved across open, plowed farm fields. There were several witnesses to the tornado. The tornado entered Jackson County just southwest of Macks.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindElmo-Arkansas Highway 14 was blocked by downed trees.
February 2018Thunderstorm WindElmo-no account filed
March 2017HailElmo-no account filed
March 2017Thunderstorm WindElmo-no account filed
March 2017HailElmo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Independence 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
Dunnington2.0 miles14
Oil Trough3.7 miles14
Paroquet4.0 miles13
Underwood (historical)4.1 miles14
Akron (historical)4.3 miles14
Thida5.8 miles12
Newark6.2 miles14
Departe (historical)6.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57003. 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.

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.