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Eros, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marion County Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72633. It lies near Kings Prairie. The Survey maps it on the Bruno quadrangle.

Eros within Marion County

On record in Eros

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

12 surveys from 16 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

31 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Eros between 1997 and 2020, burning about 441 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 10 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning2
Natural2
Smoking1

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
7 August 2011Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2010Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2012Natural27 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Eros: 5 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
Everton ProspectSilicaProspect
Lowery Quarry-Eros LocationStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown QuarryStoneUnknown
Crooked Creek Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
J W HudsonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
LowerySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blankenship ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Getzendener ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Marguerite MineLead, ZincUnknown

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

7 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eros in 7 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 hail. The reports record 3 deaths. 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 2024Tornado (EF2)Eros3 killedThe Boone-Marion County tornado continued into Marion County from Boone County, paralleling just south of US Highway 62, near Pyatt.|Marion County EM reported three fatalities from this tornado.|Extensive tree damage was observed across several county roads,|and a few mobile homes were tossed and destroyed on Marion County|Road 4010. After crossing Marion County Road 4010, the tornado|path width increased to its widest point, and likely maintained a|maximum path width of around 2000 yards for a few miles, via|satellite imagery, as it moved through the Crooked Creek Valley.|Extensive tree damage was observed along and around Crooked|Creek, and moderate damage to the second level of a tin home was|found as well. The tornado kept moving northeast, snapping most|trees in its path as it crossed Crooked Creek multiple times and|eventually, Marion County Road 4006, where it moved over the Snow|Access Campground Area. The tornado then crossed US Highway|62 again near the small municipality of Snow, causing minor to|moderate damage to a few homes around the area. As the tornado|crossed US Highway 62, the path width began to decrease, and it|began moving more eastward. Mainly tree damage was observed to|the north of US Highway 62, and eventually it crossed State|Highway 125, and Marion County Road 3032, where more|extensive tree damage was observed, and another mobile home,|which was untethered, was lofted and completely destroyed. The|tornado continued to move east-northeast, causing mostly tree|damage, before eventually dissipating to the northwest of Summit.|This tornado tracked across two counties and was rated an EF3 with maximum estimated wind speeds|of up to 145 mph.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindEros$20,000Damage was reported at the Bruno-Pyatt school.
January 2005Thunderstorm WindEros-Thunderstorm winds damaged several structures and downed numerous trees near the town of Eros. Altogether, 5 barns were destroyed and a large tree fell onto a mobile home. Several other homes sustained roof damage and the back porch of one home was blown off.
November 2001Tornado (F1)Eros-The weak tornado moved from Newton County into Marion County about 2.6 miles west-northwest of Eros. The tornado traveled to the northeast for 3 miles before lifting 1.3 miles west-southwest of Pyatt. Since the tornado moved across a rural portion of the county, damage along the path consisted of some downed trees.
April 2015HailEros-no account filed
March 2012HailEros-no account filed
March 2004Thunderstorm WindEros-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marion 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
Powell4.1 miles16
Pyatt4.3 miles16
Bruno4.7 miles16
Verona5.3 miles16
Snow5.4 miles15
Comal5.6 miles16
Big Springs (historical)5.7 miles16
Turkey6.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 48913. 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.