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Galloway, Arkansas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72117. The Survey maps it on the McAlmont quadrangle.

Galloway within Pulaski County

On record in Galloway

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

15 surveys from 21 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

12 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Galloway between 1999 and 2017, burning about 72 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
4 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 2012Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 June 2012Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 June 2001Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 March 2007Natural13 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 December 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 October 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

14 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Galloway in 14 storm reports between 2000 and 2021: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 tornado. 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
April 2011Thunderstorm WindGalloway$5,000A tree was uprooted and fell on a shed.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindGalloway$2,000A tree was blown down on U.S. 70.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindGalloway$1,000Trees were blown down on U.S Highway 70 southeast of Galloway.
March 2021HailGalloway-Golf ball sized hail was noted near Galloway.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindGalloway-Winds were estimated at 65 mph near the Galloway exit on I-40.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindGalloway-Trees and power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds, blocking U.S. Hwy 70 near Galloway.
May 2010HailGalloway-A motorist reported hail to the size of quarters on Interstate 40.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Galloway-A weak tornado touched down over eastern Pulaski County about 2.5 miles west-northwest of Galloway. The tornado tracked to the northeast and downed two large trees and several large tree limbs. A home also sustained some minor roof damage. The tornado continued moving into Lonoke County.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindGalloway-Thunderstorm winds downed some power lines.
February 2001Tornado (F1)Galloway-A weak tornado was spawned in eastern Pulaski County about 1.6 miles west-southwest of Galloway. The tornado moved quickly northeast, and damaged the roofs of a few buildings. A small mobile home was also destroyed and was thrown against the corner of a local business. Trees and power lines were also downed. The tornado was on the ground only about 2.2 miles, and dissipated just over 1 mile north of Galloway.
April 2015HailGalloway-no account filed
May 2008HailGalloway-no account filed
March 2005HailGalloway-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindGalloway-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pulaski 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
Eureka Garden3.1 miles21
Lansbrook3.1 miles21
Rixey3.3 miles21
Valentine3.4 miles21
McAlmont3.4 miles21
Baucum3.5 miles23
Charity (historical)3.7 miles23
Booker3.8 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57027. 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.