BlockMarche, Arkansas
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72113. It stands on Winifree Creek. The Survey maps it on the North Little Rock quadrangle. It stands 269 feet above sea level.
On record in Marche
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Immaculate Heart of Mary Schoollisted 1993
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 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.
- 1891 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Camp Pike quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1935 USGS North Little Rock quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS North Little Rock quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS North Little Rock quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS North Little Rock quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS North Little Rock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS North Little Rock quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
63 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Marche between 1998 and 2019, burning about 2,130 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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 | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marche in 19 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 heavy rain, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marche | $50,000 | Numerous trees were blown down, with some of the trees landing on houses. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marche | $5,000 | Two power poles were snapped off. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marche | $5,000 | A tree was blown down, and the falling tree knocked down a power pole and power lines. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marche | $5,000 | Trees were snapped off or uprooted. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marche | $3,000 | Several small trees were blown down. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marche | $1,000 | Large limbs were blown down. |
| January 2024 | Hail | Marche | - | Quarter sized hail fell in the town of Marche, AR. |
| June 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Marche | - | A few photos of a tornado, all approximately co-located, is likely the only documentation we will have of a tornado that occurred near much stronger and impactful straight line wind damage. The tornado most likely occurred over a remote, heavily treed area within Camp Robinson. Due to widespread wind damage from 80+ mph winds in the area, the damage associated with the weaker spin-off tornado in not detectable. This brief tornado will be classified as an EF-U due to a lack of surveyable evidence. It was likely active for less than one minute. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marche | - | A tree was down on Interstate 40. |
| February 2018 | Flash Flood | Marche | - | Students were rescued from a school bus that drove off a flooded road. |
| April 2017 | Heavy Rain | Marche | - | The 24 hour rainfall was 5.38 inches. |
| March 2016 | Flash Flood | Marche | - | Public reported that highway 365 in Marche was covered by flash flooding and impassible. |
| September 2015 | Heavy Rain | Marche | - | A rainfall amount of 2.10 inches fell in less than an hour. |
| August 2012 | Heavy Rain | Marche | - | Rainfall measured 2.68 inches in 3 hours. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Marche | - | Hail up to half-dollar size fell with such a loud noise that the person was unable to hear on the telephone. The hail covered 90% of the ground. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Marche | - | Hail at Marche was reported as being from pea to jelly bean size. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marche | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Marche | - | no account filed |
| February 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marche | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Hill | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| Morgan | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Maumelle | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Oak Grove | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| West Marche | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Jeffrey | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Mineral (historical) | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Haig | 3.9 miles | 21 |
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 Marche | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6756948 | 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 77596. 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.
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.