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Herndon, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Herndon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72401. The Survey maps it on the Lorado quadrangle.

Herndon within Craighead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

38 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Herndon between 1999 and 2020, burning about 387 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 burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
29 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionCRA3323638
21 August 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 June 2007Debris and open burning61 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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Herndon: 6 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 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
Griffith Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Smoot's Standard Gravel Co IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
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

5 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Herndon in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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
March 2025Tornado (EF0)Herndon$50,000A tornado touched down in northern Craighead County near County Road 780 shortly after midnight CDT. Damage in this area was mostly uprooted and snapped trees with minor damage to a few homes. The tornado continued to the northeast and moved into Greene County. Peak winds in Craighead County were 90 mph.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindHerndon$10,000Straight line winds blew a 40 ft. section of a fence down at Lake Frierson State Park. In addition, a park vehicle was also damaged with a few shingles blown off of a pavilion.
May 2018Flash FloodHerndon-Six inches of water flooded the intersection of County Road 323 and 324 northeast of Bono.
July 2015Flash FloodHerndon-Heavy rain produced flash flooding across much of Northern Craighead County. Several roads were flooded near Herndon, Bono and in Northern Jonesboro.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindHerndon-Damaging straight line winds knocked down trees across County Road 766 at Highway 141.

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
Sterling Springs2.1 miles10
Fiftysix3.1 miles11
Greensboro (historical)4.8 miles10
Philadelphia5.1 miles10
Buck Snort5.3 miles10
Oak Ridge5.5 miles11
Bono5.6 miles11
Pauls Switch5.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64516. 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.