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Little Bay, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Township 2. It lies in ZIP code area 71766. The Survey maps it on the Hopeville quadrangle.

Little Bay within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

79 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Little Bay between 1997 and 2020, burning about 391 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined27
Arson/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2015Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2005Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Natural7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2011Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Little Bay: 9 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

2 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Little Bay in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
January 2012Tornado (EF1)Little Bay$25,000An EF1 tornado tracked through timber lands in Calhoun County. Most of the damage consisted of trees being blown down or having their tops taken off. The tornado exited Calhoun County north-northwest of Thornton and entered Dallas County west-southwest of Beech Grove.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindLittle Bay-Trees and powerlines were blown down along Calhoun County Road 68 near Harlow.

Every storm recorded in Calhoun 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
Harlow2.1 miles16
Hopeville2.3 miles16
Thornton2.4 miles12
Green Hall (historical)3.6 miles12
Chambersville5.5 miles12
Elberta (historical)6.2 miles12
Ebenezer7.4 miles12
Big Hill9.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57093. 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.