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Glendale, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jonesboro Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72405. The Survey maps it on the Jonesboro quadrangle.

Glendale within Craighead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Glendale between 1998 and 2020, burning about 249 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
19 September 1999Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2001Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 July 2008Debris and open burning9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 July 1998Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Craighead County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Glendale: 6 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Jonesboro Brick CoClayUnknown
Jonesboro Brick CoClayUnknown
Griffith Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jonesboro PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jonesboro Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Craighead County

Storms near this place

6 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glendale in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
December 2013Flash FloodGlendale$25,000Heavy rain produced flash flooding northeast of Jonesboro. Two and a half feet of water covered Prospect Road and Britney Lane. Several cars were flooded.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindGlendale$12,000Straight line winds tore shingles off a roof on Edgemont Circle, and a carport was destroyed on Reno Street in Jonesboro.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindGlendale$5,000Tree limbs were broken and shingles were blown off a few houses.
April 2022HailGlendale-Estimated one-inch-sized hail fell two miles north-northeast of Jonesboro via MPING report.
April 2017Flash FloodGlendale-Water rushing over Aggie Lane and Red Wolf intersection.
June 2009Flash FloodGlendale-Heavy rain produced six to seven inches of standing water on Nettleton Road between Stadium Boulevard and Caraway Road.

Every storm recorded in Craighead 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
Pleasant Grove0.9 miles11
Doss (historical)1.6 miles11
Farrville1.9 miles10
Nettleton2.2 miles11
Whitburg (historical)2.3 miles10
Jonesboro Junction3.0 miles10
Buck Snort3.0 miles10
Jonesboro3.4 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64562. 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.