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Nathan, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Muddy Fork Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71852. It stands on Fallen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nathan quadrangle.

Nathan within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

46 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Nathan between 1997 and 2017, burning about 1,488 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 17 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/incendiarism17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning7
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
23 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2010Natural18 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 1999Debris and open burning20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2011Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2002Natural5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Nathan: 16 unknowns, 6 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Strontium. 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
Unknown QuarryStoneUnknown
V. B. Lewis PitStrontiumUnknown
Highland MineGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
UnknownGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Unknown MineGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Unknown MineGypsum-AnhydriteUnknown
Weyerhaeuser Mine and PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Pike County

Storms near this place

9 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nathan in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2008Flash FloodNathan$100,000Most major streets in Murfreesboro were flooded. Several highways in the southern portion of the county were under water. The cabins at the old city park were under water. A store was flooded in Murfreesboro. Pike County Memorial Hospital's parking lot was flooded.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindNathan$15,000Thunderstorm winds damaged a chicken house at Nathan.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindNathan-Trees were reported blown down.
March 2006Tornado (F1)Nathan-A weak tornado moved out of Howard County into western Pike County. The tornado entered Pike County 2 to 3 miles northwest of Nathan. The tornado tracked mostly through timberland, and uprooted or snapped dozens of trees.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindNathan-Thunderstorm winds blew down some large tree limbs and power lines.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindNathan-no account filed
November 2005HailNathan-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindNathan-no account filed
April 1996Funnel CloudNathan-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pike 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
Norvelle (historical)3.8 miles12
Crawford (historical)4.4 miles11
Helbig (historical)4.6 miles14
Highland5.4 miles12
Cooleyville6.3 miles12
Mount Moriah6.5 miles13
Murfreesboro7.2 miles13
Stephenson (historical)7.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58241. 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.