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Glendale, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Owen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71667. The Survey maps it on the Glendale quadrangle.

Glendale within Lincoln 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

120 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Glendale between 2001 and 2019, burning about 914 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 25 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 burning52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Arson/incendiarism25
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
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
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2010Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2004Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Glendale: 13 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Titanium. 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
Arkansas Bauxite DistrictAluminum, TitaniumProducerWEATHERING RESIDUAL
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

10 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glendale in 10 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 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 WindGlendale$250,000Numerous trees were blown down. Several houses were damaged by trees falling into them. A mobile home was destroyed. The roof of a small house was destroyed, as were several sheds and carports. Porches were blown off mobile homes. Part of the roof was blown off the Glendale fire station.
March 2022Tornado (EF1)Glendale$75,000This tornado began in western Lincoln county, just south of Glendale, and tracked east-northeast for about 9 miles before dissipating over U.S. Hwy 425, just south of Yorktown. The tornado initially damaged some poultry houses near the start of the path, with the rest of the damage limited to trees.
November 1994Thunderstorm WindGlendale$50,000Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and power lines.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindGlendale$2,000A tree was blown down onto Arkansas 54, blocking one lane.
September 2013Heavy RainGlendale-Rainfall measured 3.05 inches at Harden Lock and Dam on the Arkansas River.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindGlendale-Thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a chicken house, destroyed part of a nearby storage building and knocked down a number of trees.
April 2015HailGlendale-no account filed
May 2009HailGlendale-no account filed
December 2002HailGlendale-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindGlendale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Feenyville2.8 miles11
Palmyra3.2 miles11
Villa Vale (historical)5.4 miles16
Branchville5.9 miles11
Star City6.3 miles11
Rest (historical)6.6 miles11
Nebo8.2 miles15
Cornerville8.2 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 49446. 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.