New Union, Arkansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Harrison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71765. It stands on Horsehead Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Union quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1934 USGS Felsenthal quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1937 USGS Felsenthal quadrangle1:62500
- 1938 USGS Felsenthal quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Felsenthal quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS New Union quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
50 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of New Union between 1998 and 2019, burning about 598 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 9 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 | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 84 acres | Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge | JONES FIRE |
| 23 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 82 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | FELSENTHAL |
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Natural | 31 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge | SHALLOW LAKE BOAT RAMP |
| 7 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Union in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Hail | New Union | - | Golfball size hail fell about 6 miles east of Strong. |
| September 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | New Union | - | An EF0 tornado touched down in Union County, Arkansas east of Strong, Arkansas along North Road. Several large trees were snapped or uprooted in the swamp on the east side of 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawmill | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| McGlendon Mill | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Lapile | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| New London | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Bolding | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Strong | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Old Lapile | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| Dollar Junction | 7.0 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 59767. 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.
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.










