BlockNew Augusta, Arkansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Augusta Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72006. It stands on Caney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Augusta quadrangle.
On record in New Augusta
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Jess Norman Post 166 American Legion Hutlisted 2001 · 0.9 miles away
Gregory Houselisted 2012 · 1.0 miles away
Augusta Electrical Generating Plantlisted 2010 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1935 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500
- 1968 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of New Augusta between 1998 and 2010, burning about 35 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 June 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 June 2004 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 February 2001 | Smoking | 8.8 acres | Central Arkansas Refuges Complex | MORRIS 201 |
| 1 October 2000 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of New Augusta: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Sand and Gravel Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk Sandpits 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Augusta in 9 storm reports between 2009 and 2017: 7 flood, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2009 | Flood | New Augusta | $50,000 | Heavy rainfall in early December, combined with planned reservoir releases, caused the White River at Augusta to rise above flood stage on the 3rd. This river remained above flood stage through the rest of December and into January, aided by additional very heavy rainfall on the 23rd and 24th. Thousands of acres of cropland and several rural roads became inundated due to the high water. |
| May 2011 | Flood | New Augusta | $10,000 | Very heavy rainfall in late April into early May caused the White River at Augusta to rise above flood stage, remaining there through the entire month of May. |
| March 2010 | Flood | New Augusta | $10,000 | This flooding was a continuation of flooding from February and previous months. Heavy rainfall from previous months kept the White River at Augusta above flood stage for several months. The river finally dropped below flood stage during the morning hours of the 6th. |
| April 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | New Augusta | $5,000 | An EF1 tornado moved through western Woodruff County, Arkansas. Several trees were uprooted and/or snapped. A metal shed sustained damage as well. |
| June 2011 | Flood | New Augusta | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Flood | New Augusta | $1,000 | The White River at Augusta remained above flood stage from late June into early July. This river fell below flood stage during the early afternoon hours on the 2nd. |
| March 2015 | Flood | New Augusta | - | Water covered several roads across town. |
| June 2015 | Flood | New Augusta | - | The White River at Augusta rose above flood stage during the afternoon hours of the 21st, falling back below flood stage during the afternoon hours of the 24th. |
| April 2017 | Hail | New Augusta | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58253. 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.