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Meyers, Arkansas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71968. It stands on Rocky Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pearcy quadrangle.

Meyers within Garland 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

124 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Meyers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,280 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 43 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/incendiarism43
Debris and open burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks1

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 2003Arson/incendiarism30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2011Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2003Arson/incendiarism22 acresOuachita National ForestMEYERS
28 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresOuachita National Forest120
28 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garland County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Meyers: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Slate, Dimension, 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
Hendrickson Clay DepositClayUnknown
No NameSlate, DimensionPast Producer
No NameSlate, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Garland County

Storms near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meyers in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Meyers$50,000This tornado exited Hot Spring County north-northwest of Bonnerdale and entered Garland County south-southwest of Meyers. In Garland County, some trees were blown down.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindMeyers$15,000A roof was blown off a house.
January 2025Flash FloodMeyers-High water from Myers Creek was observed via a social media post flowing across Caddo Gap Road making it impassable.
April 2014HailMeyers-no account filed
April 2009HailMeyers-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Garland 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
Peak3.0 miles7
Maddox3.5 miles8
Pearcy4.0 miles8
Old Bonnerdale4.4 miles7
Crystal Springs4.4 miles15
Chandler4.8 miles8
Crystal Springs Landing6.1 miles15
Sunshine6.3 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 72629. 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.