New Dixie, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72016. The Survey maps it on the Gleason quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1892 USGS Morrillton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Morrillton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1894 USGS Morrilton quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Gleason quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Conway quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1991 USGS Gleason quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
48 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of New Dixie between 1997 and 2020, burning about 444 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of New Dixie: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Prospect | Manganese | Producer | ||
| Toadsuck Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Dixie in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2014: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Dixie | $50,000 | Power lines were blown down, blocking Arkansas 60. Numerous trees were blown down throughout Perry County. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | New Dixie | $50,000 | Numerous county roads were flooded. |
| December 2009 | Flood | New Dixie | $25,000 | Heavy rainfall on the 23rd and 24th caused the Fourche LaFave River near Houston to rise above flood stage on the afternoon on the 24th. The river remained above flood stage for several days before falling below flood stage during the morning of the 28th. |
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | New Dixie | $12,000 | A local ATV store had two feet of water in it. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Dixie | $1,000 | Large tree limbs were blown down onto the road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dixie (historical) | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Stony Point | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Bigelow | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Nogal | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Fourche | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Graytown | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Bunker Hill | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Toad Suck | 3.6 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122557322 | 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 58254. 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.










