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Lambert, Arkansas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bismarck Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71929. It stands on Big Hill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bismarck quadrangle.

Lambert within Hot Spring County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

141 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Lambert between 1997 and 2020, burning about 730 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 40 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
Arson/incendiarism40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1997Arson/incendiarism12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hot Spring County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lambert: 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
UnkClayUnknown
Clark Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Hot Spring County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lambert in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2016: 2 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
October 2014Thunderstorm WindLambert$15,000Two barns were damaged.
April 2008Tornado (EF1)Lambert$15,000A tornado knocked down dozens of trees and damaged the roof of one house. Most of the damage was confined to a valley area.
May 2009Flash FloodLambert$2,000Finch Road and Broken Bow Road were closed due to flooding.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindLambert-Tree limbs were reported down and there were power outages in the area.

Every storm recorded in Hot Spring 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
Bismarck2.0 miles8
Oak Bower2.8 miles8
Beaton2.9 miles8
Duffie (historical)4.7 miles8
Old De Roche4.9 miles8
Point Cedar5.5 miles8
Wayside (historical)6.3 miles8
Caney7.8 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58042. 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.