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Ivan, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Southall Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71742. It stands on Guice Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ivan quadrangle. 135 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 210 feet above sea level.

Ivan within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

45 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Ivan between 1998 and 2018, burning about 442 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 11 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 burning12
Arson/incendiarism11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use4

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
7 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2011Natural10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2004Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2004Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas 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 Ivan: 9 unknowns, 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone, 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
UnkGemstonePast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

11 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ivan in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2007Flash FloodIvan$2,000Arkansas State Police Troop F reported the northbound lane on U.S. Highway 167 was closed to repair a large pothole caused by flooding.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindIvan-Several trees were blown down across Dallas County Road 107.
March 2014HailIvan-A large amount of hail, some larger than the size of hen eggs, fell between Ivan and Fordyce. The hail broke windshields and damaged roofs.
April 2004Tornado (F0)Ivan-A weak tornado touched down about 4.1 miles southwest of the town of Ivan on Dallas County. The tornado was on the ground for approximately 4.2 miles before lifting 3 miles northwest of Ivan. A pole barn was destroyed, a trampoline and swing set at a residence were also blown around. A number of large tree limbs were also knocked down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindIvan-A few trees were down along Highway 167 at Ivan.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindIvan-Thunderstorm winds downed some large trees.
June 2012HailIvan-no account filed
June 2011HailIvan-no account filed
June 2007HailIvan-no account filed
May 1999HailIvan-no account filed
July 1998HailIvan-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Bucksnort5.3 miles12
North Fordyce6.0 miles12
Fordyce6.8 miles12
Beech Grove6.9 miles12
Bunn7.2 miles9
Ramsey7.3 miles16
Forrest Bonner8.1 miles16
Eagletie9.9 miles16

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 IvanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14680957The 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 57973. 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.