Lost Corner, Arkansas
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 4. It lies in ZIP code area 72080. It lies near Oak Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Lost Corner quadrangle. It stands 1,683 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 21 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.
- 1879 USGS Washington quadrangle1:62500
- 1887 USGS Smyrna quadrangle1:62500
- 1889 USGS Marshall #3 quadrangle1:62500
- 1892 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1940 USGS Smyrna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Smyrna quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Smyrna SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Lost Corner quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
20 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Lost Corner between 1994 and 2020, burning about 275 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | WHITE OAK |
| 5 July 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | EASTFORK |
| 26 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | TRIGGER |
| 3 June 2012 | Natural | 10 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | MAC |
| 4 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.6 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | ARMSTEAD |
| 2 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.8 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | CARR |
| 8 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 130 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | EASTFORK II |
| 6 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lost Corner: 1 unknown. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lost Corner in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Lost Corner | $20,000 | The tornado first hit on a ridgeline around 1500 feet near Napier Hollow where it downed a few trees. The tornado crossed Napier Hollow and moved back up a ridge to Dabney Road, a tree was blown onto a barn, and another smaller tree was blown onto a travel trailer. The tornado crossed Dabney Road and moved through a field and down the ridge. On Darrell Road, a storage shed was destroyed, and the roof was blown into some trees which were subsequently uprooted. The roof of a storage barn was damaged. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okay (historical) | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Northwood (historical) | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Gabriel (historical) | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| Nogo | 5.3 miles | 22 | |
| Solo | 6.9 miles | 21 | |
| Smyrna | 7.1 miles | 22 | |
| Retta | 7.2 miles | 21 | |
| Walnut Grove | 8.7 miles | 16 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Lost Corner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6683951 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57097. 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.















