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Lake Catherine, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lake Hamilton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71901. It stands on Gulpha Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Catherine quadrangle.

Lake Catherine within Garland County

On record in Lake Catherine

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

125 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Lake Catherine between 1997 and 2020, burning about 292 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 20 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 burning51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Arson/incendiarism20
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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 1998Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Lake Catherine: 4 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Vanadium, Niobium (Columbium), Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite. 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 Power and Light Company PropertyFluorine-Fluorite, PyritePast Producer
Chamberlain CreekBarium-BariteProducer
No NameClayPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lecroy FarmNiobium (Columbium)Unknown
Potash Sulfur SpringsNiobium (Columbium)Occurrence
Wilson Springs Vanadium DepositVanadium, Niobium (Columbium)Past Producer1950, 1967
Potash Sulfur SpringsVanadiumProducer1960, 1966, 1983
Union Carbide PitVanadiumProducer
Union Carbide PlantVanadiumProducer

Every working recorded in Garland County

Storms near this place

6 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Catherine in 6 storm reports between 1994 and 2011: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. 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
February 2011Thunderstorm WindLake Catherine1 hurt, $150,000A couple of very large trees were blown down. One of the trees sliced through a house on Elmwood Dr., injuring a woman inside. Nearby, part of a metal roof was peeled off a building at a lumber mill.
July 2008LightningLake Catherine1 hurtA man was injured by lightning while cutting a limb off a tree. He was clearing brush on his hunting property at the time.
October 2009Flash FloodLake Catherine$25,000A number of streets in Hot Springs flooded and had to be barricaded. One county road off of Fox Pass Cutoff was washed in two.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindLake Catherine-no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindLake Catherine-no account filed
April 1994HailLake Catherine-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Garland 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
Potash Sulphur Springs (historical)0.9 miles12
Spring Lake (historical)1.6 miles12
Price2.1 miles12
Gulpha (historical)3.5 miles14
Euclid Heights4.0 miles15
Red Oak4.0 miles11
Dripping Springs (historical)4.9 miles14
Hot Springs5.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64324. 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.