Glencoe, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Strawberry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72539. The Survey maps it on the Agnos quadrangle. It stands 784 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Agnos quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Cherokee Village quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
173 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Glencoe between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,278 acres in total. None started naturally. 45 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 burning | 83 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 45 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Glencoe: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Magnesium Compounds. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crusher No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pierce Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rice Farm | Magnesium Compounds | Unknown |
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glencoe in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2018: 6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencoe | $5,000 | Some trees were blown down. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Glencoe | - | Ropers Circle was flooded and with debris near Glencoe. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencoe | - | A barn was destroyed at Glencoe. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Glencoe | - | Hail up to one inch in diameter covered the ground at Glencoe. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Glencoe | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Glencoe | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Glencoe | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Glencoe | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Glencoe | - | no account filed |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencoe | - | no account filed |
| December 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glencoe | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Glencoe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5568241 | The 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 57032. 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.




