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Manning, Arkansas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Nix Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71763. It stands on Jordon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Manning quadrangle.

Manning within Dallas 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

39 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Manning between 1997 and 2016, burning about 388 acres in total. 6 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
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use3

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 2011Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2004Arson/incendiarism18 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2000Natural40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Manning: 6 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them 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
Manning PitClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

15 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manning in 15 storm reports between 1994 and 2016: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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
April 2011Thunderstorm WindManning$15,000Power lines were blown down on Arkansas Highway 8 at Manning.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindManning$10,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindManning$5,000Trees were down in Manning.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindManning$5,000Trees were down west of Manning.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindManning$5,000A few trees were blown down.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindManning$3,000Trees were blown down.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindManning$3,000Trees were blown down.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindManning$3,000Trees were blown down.
November 2005Tornado (F1)Manning-A weak tornado touched down in Dallas County, about 3 miles southwest of Manning. Winds were estimated to be 100 mph. A mobile home was damaged by a falling tree. The roof of another house sustained damage. Dozens of trees were uprooted or snapped off along the path of the tornado. The tornado dissipated about a half mile east-southeast of Manning.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindManning-Trees were blown over at Manning.
May 2003Tornado (F1)Manning-A weak tornado touched down over western Hot Spring County 2.5 miles northwest of Manning. Most of the damage along the tornado path consisted of numerous downed pine trees and large limbs twisted off other trees. A few shingles were also blown off one business. The tornado tracked to the northeast into Hot Spring County.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindManning-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree in Manning.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindManning-Thunderstorm winds downed some trees.
December 2016Funnel CloudManning-no account filed
April 1994HailManning-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Nix (historical)3.6 miles16
Dalark5.1 miles7
Wave5.6 miles8
Fairview5.7 miles15
Jackson (historical)6.5 miles15
Welchs Shop (historical)7.0 miles8
Round Hill7.7 miles8
Sparkman7.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 51642. 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.