Haroldton, Arkansas
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1987. It stands in District 7. It lies in ZIP code area 72921. The Survey maps it on the Barling quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 25 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.
- 1879 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:62500
- 1887 USGS Van Buren quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1943 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:125000
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Barling quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Van Buren quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Barling quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Barling quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Barling quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
40 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Haroldton between 1997 and 2020, burning about 534 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 112 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2010 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haroldton in 1 storm report in 2019: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Haroldton | - | This is the second segment of a two-segment tornado. In Crawford County, this tornado snapped large tree limbs as it crossed the Arkansas River and moved ashore. Large tree limbs were also snapped as it crossed Highway 59, and then Gun Club Road. The tornado dissipated north of Gun Club Road over open country. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 75 to 80 mph. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Haroldton | 1.1 miles | 25 | |
| Catcher | 3.2 miles | 28 | |
| Cross Lanes | 3.5 miles | 22 | |
| Wright Town | 3.6 miles | 28 | |
| Westville | 4.0 miles | 28 | |
| Oak Grove | 4.4 miles | 28 | |
| New Town | 4.9 miles | 22 | |
| Kibler | 4.9 miles | 22 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122543011 | 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 57050. 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.













