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.
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.
Belding-Gaines Cemeterylisted 1993 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1948 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Lake Catherine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
125 since 1997Regional 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 burning | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Power and Light Company Property | Fluorine-Fluorite, Pyrite | Past Producer | ||
| Chamberlain Creek | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| No Name | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lecroy Farm | Niobium (Columbium) | Unknown | ||
| Potash Sulfur Springs | Niobium (Columbium) | Occurrence | ||
| Wilson Springs Vanadium Deposit | Vanadium, Niobium (Columbium) | Past Producer | 1950, 1967 | |
| Potash Sulfur Springs | Vanadium | Producer | 1960, 1966, 1983 | |
| Union Carbide Pit | Vanadium | Producer | ||
| Union Carbide Plant | Vanadium | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Catherine | 1 hurt, $150,000 | A 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 2008 | Lightning | Lake Catherine | 1 hurt | A man was injured by lightning while cutting a limb off a tree. He was clearing brush on his hunting property at the time. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Lake Catherine | $25,000 | A 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 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Catherine | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Catherine | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Lake Catherine | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potash Sulphur Springs (historical) | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Spring Lake (historical) | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Price | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Gulpha (historical) | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Euclid Heights | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Red Oak | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Dripping Springs (historical) | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Hot Springs | 5.2 miles | 15 |
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.







