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New Spadra, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Ward Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72830. The Survey maps it on the Hartman quadrangle.

New Spadra within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

53 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of New Spadra between 1998 and 2020, burning about 264 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use11
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2011Natural6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of New Spadra: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, 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
Arkansas Wild Rose Stone CoStone, DimensionPast Producer
Johnson County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

4 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Spadra in 4 storm reports between 2004 and 2014: 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death and 4 injuries. 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 2011Tornado (EF3)New Spadra1 killed, 4 hurt, $13,000,000This tornado moved through Clarksville, causing extensive damage at the country club and to businesses and residences on the south and east sides of town. Initially, the entire city of Clarksville was without electricity. About 70% of electric customers had power restored by the end of the day on the 25th, but the hardest-hit areas lacked power for a week. In Clarksville, the tornado took a similar path to that of a tornado which occurred on April 7, 1980. After leaving Clarksville, the tornado moved off to the northeast passing between Strawberry and Chronister Store. A 65 year-old man was killed in the area of the Strawberry community when the tornado destroyed a small house on a goat farm. Altogether, at least 150 residences in Johnson County were damaged or destroyed. The tornado continued moving to the northeast, moving into the Ozark National Forest. Many trees were blown down, blocking roads in the forest. The tornado exited Johnson County south-southeast of Dillen and entered Pope County south-southwest of Bertha.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindNew Spadra$10,000Trees were blown down and construction barrels were scattered on Arkansas 109 on the south side of Clarskville.
April 2004HailNew Spadra-no account filed
April 2004HailNew Spadra-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
Spadra1.2 miles20
Montana1.6 miles20
Hoyt2.6 miles20
Shady Grove3.0 miles20
Jamestown3.2 miles20
Hinkle3.6 miles20
Bushtown (historical)3.8 miles20
Clarksville4.4 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.

Wikidata item Q122539292The 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 58260. 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.