BlockMendenhall, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71858. The Survey maps it on the Waterloo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1901 USGS Gurdon quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Chidester quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Hope quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
113 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Mendenhall between 1998 and 2020, burning about 3,346 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 46 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 | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 90 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2011 | Natural | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mendenhall in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Mendenhall | $10,000 | This is a continuation of the Ouachita County tornado. Drone video indicated that this EF-1 tornado, with estimated maximum winds near 90 mph, tracked northwest into extreme Eastern Nevada County just south of County Road 332/County Road 25, and snapped/uprooted trees along its path, while also ripping the metal roof off of a barn just south of CR 25 just west of the Ouachita County line. The tornado then lifted just north of CR 25, but not before additional trees were snapped and minor roof damage occurred to a home. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mendenhall | - | Small trees were downed along Highway 278 near the Ouachita County border. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevark | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Caney (historical) | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Woodlawn (historical) | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Young | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Ames | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Glenville | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Waterloo | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Oak Grove | 6.8 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58163. 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.