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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 31 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.
- 1879 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:62500
- 1887 USGS Poteau Mountain #1 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1939 USGS Waldron quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1940 USGS Waldron quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Waldron quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Waldron quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Peanut Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Mena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
63 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 31 acres | Ouachita National Forest | MINER FIRE |
| 4 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | Y-CITY |
| 4 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | not named |
| 29 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | SINGLE TREE |
| 22 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | NELLA MFIRE |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 21 acres | Ouachita National Forest | JOHNSON CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Nella | $5,000 | U.S. 71 was flooded and impassable in southern Scott County. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nella | - | Numerous trees were reported down across the southern portion of 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shiloh | 0.8 miles | 31 | |
| Gate (historical) | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Blansett | 3.6 miles | 31 | |
| Ritz | 3.9 miles | 31 | |
| Chant (historical) | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Y City | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Denton | 5.5 miles | 31 | |
| Tintop | 5.7 miles | 20 |
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 Nella | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65122795 | 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 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.














