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Locust Bayou, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Township 6. It lies in ZIP code area 71744. It stands on Caney Creek. The Survey maps it on the East Camden quadrangle.

Locust Bayou 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

119 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Locust Bayou between 1999 and 2020, burning about 1,904 acres in total. 17 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/undetermined47
Debris and open burning20
Natural17
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism14
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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 2006Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2006Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2005Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2005Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Natural78 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use2.0 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

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Locust Bayou: 11 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Quapaw Pit & Benton PlantAluminum, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Keith WilliamsSand 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 PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel Pits 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

19 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Locust Bayou in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 7 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 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
September 2008Flash FloodLocust Bayou$500,000Flooding occurred on County Road 29.
September 1996Tornado (F1)Locust Bayou$200,000no account filed
October 2009Tornado (EF1)Locust Bayou$10,000This tornado exited Ouachita County northeast of Frenchport and entered Calhoun County about 6 2/3 miles southwest of Locust Bayou. In Calhoun County, the tornado traveled through wetlands, doing nothing more than knocking down trees. The tornado exited the county about 4 1/3 miles west of Locust Bayou, traveling back into Ouachita County about 2 1/4 miles south-southwest of Lakeside.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindLocust Bayou-Multiple power poles were blown down.
May 2008FloodLocust Bayou-Heavy rainfall in April caused a prolonged high water event along the lower Ouachita River which ended in early May. Within the Thatcher Lock and Dam reach of the river in Calhoun County, high water cut off access to oil and gas wells and prevented logging in the floodplain. Damages were insignificant.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindLocust Bayou-Power lines were blown down near Locust Bayou.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindLocust Bayou-Trees down.
December 2002Tornado (F0)Locust Bayou-An F0 tornado touched down briefly to the southeast of Locust Bayou. The tin roof of an old house was damaged, a couple of TV antennas were blown off houses and a few pines trees were snapped off.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindLocust Bayou-Thunderstorm winds gusted to 80 mph.
May 2001HailLocust Bayou-Golfball sized hail accumulated 3 to 4 inches deep on the ground.
May 2006HailLocust Bayou-no account filed
March 2004Thunderstorm WindLocust Bayou-no account filed
March 2004Thunderstorm WindLocust Bayou-no account filed
May 2004HailLocust Bayou-no account filed
April 2003HailLocust Bayou-no account filed
April 2000Thunderstorm WindLocust Bayou-no account filed
April 1998HailLocust Bayou-no account filed
April 1996HailLocust Bayou-no account filed
April 1996HailLocust Bayou-no account filed

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
Harbour (historical)4.5 miles16
Delhi (historical)4.5 miles16
Smead (historical)5.0 miles16
Woodberry8.3 miles16
Newport8.9 miles16
Little Bay (historical)8.9 miles16
Hampton10.6 miles12
Unco14.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58080. 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.