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Jerusalem, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Griffin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72080. The Survey maps it on the Jerusalem quadrangle. 137 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 761 feet above sea level.

Jerusalem within Conway County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Jerusalem between 1992 and 2020, burning about 954 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 14 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Debris and open burning19
Arson/incendiarism14
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony2
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
5 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2011Debris and open burning107 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionCONWAY
3 September 2006Debris and open burning20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use224 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Conway County

Storms near this place

24 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jerusalem in 24 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 11 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
January 2008Tornado (EF2)Jerusalem1 hurt, $1,750,000The tornado from Pope County moved into northwestern Conway County. According to the Conway County Office of Emergency Management, three homes were destroyed, and 12 others suffered damage ranging from light to heavy. One woman was injured in a mobile home. Ten other structures, such as chicken houses and barns, were destroyed; 13 such structures were damaged. A church, which had stood for more than 100 years, was destroyed and an adjacent cemetery was damaged. Three natural gas well sites were damaged but there was no release of gas. The tornado moved into the Ozark National Forest, where hundreds of trees were blown down. Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe declared Conway County a state disaster area. The tornado continued into Van Buren County.
March 1997Tornado (F2)Jerusalem1 hurt, $500,000no account filed
May 2011FloodJerusalem$1,500,000Parts of Arkansas Highways 95, 113, 124, and 247 were closed due to flooding.
April 2011FloodJerusalem$500,000Widespread areal flooding occurred.
October 2009Flash FloodJerusalem$300,000Arkansas Highway 92 near the Hill Creek community was flooded. Many county roads suffered damage.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindJerusalem$20,000Trees were down and there was damage to homes in Jerusalem and Cleveland.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindJerusalem$10,000Trees and power lines were blown down in the Jerusalem area.
August 2007LightningJerusalem$2,000Lightning struck at a gas well, knocking over a tank and setting it on fire.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindJerusalem-Numerous trees were blown down in Jerusalem.
October 2009FloodJerusalem-Flash flooding which began on the 29th became widespread areal flooding on the 30th.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindJerusalem-Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees, and damaged a chicken house and nearby storage shed.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindJerusalem-Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
March 2020HailJerusalem-no account filed
April 2011HailJerusalem-no account filed
May 2009HailJerusalem-no account filed
April 2006HailJerusalem-no account filed
June 2005HailJerusalem-no account filed
December 2003HailJerusalem-no account filed
April 2003HailJerusalem-no account filed
April 2003HailJerusalem-no account filed
May 2003HailJerusalem-no account filed
February 1999Thunderstorm WindJerusalem-no account filed
April 1998HailJerusalem-no account filed
August 1997HailJerusalem-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Conway 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
Gobblers Point2.4 miles18
Robertsville2.9 miles16
Old Hickory5.4 miles16
Cleveland5.8 miles16
Macedonia5.9 miles16
Blick6.1 miles16
Wonderview7.0 miles17
Hattieville8.2 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 JerusalemAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6185054The 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 72182. 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.