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Nella, Arkansas

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1989. It stands in District 2. It lies in ZIP code area 71953. It stands on Black Fork. The Survey maps it on the Peanut Mountain quadrangle.

Nella within Scott County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 31 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

63 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Nella between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,498 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 32 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/incendiarism32
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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
7 September 2011Arson/incendiarism31 acresOuachita National ForestMINER FIRE
4 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresOuachita National ForestY-CITY
4 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOuachita National Forestnot named
29 September 2005Naturalunder an acreOuachita National ForestSINGLE TREE
22 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1995Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresOuachita National ForestNELLA MFIRE
7 August 2006Natural21 acresOuachita National ForestJOHNSON CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scott County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Nella: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Scott County

Storms near this place

2 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nella in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2014Flash FloodNella$5,000U.S. 71 was flooded and impassable in southern Scott County.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindNella-Numerous trees were reported down across the southern portion of Scott County.

Every storm recorded in Scott 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
Shiloh0.8 miles31
Gate (historical)3.0 miles19
Blansett3.6 miles31
Ritz3.9 miles31
Chant (historical)4.7 miles19
Y City4.9 miles19
Denton5.5 miles31
Tintop5.7 miles20

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 NellaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65122795The 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 77801. 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.