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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.

New Union within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

50 since 1998

Regional 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/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural5
Smoking1
Firearms and explosives use1

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
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined84 acresFelsenthal National Wildlife RefugeJONES FIRE
23 September 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined82 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionFELSENTHAL
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Natural31 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined45 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFelsenthal National Wildlife RefugeSHALLOW LAKE BOAT RAMP
7 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025HailNew Union-Golfball size hail fell about 6 miles east of Strong.
September 2008Tornado (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.

Every storm recorded in Union 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
Sawmill0.6 miles16
McGlendon Mill3.3 miles16
Lapile4.8 miles16
New London5.3 miles16
Bolding5.4 miles18
Strong6.0 miles16
Old Lapile6.4 miles18
Dollar Junction7.0 miles18

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.