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Newell, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1989. It stands in El Dorado Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71730. The Survey maps it on the El Dorado West quadrangle.

Newell 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

100 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Newell between 1999 and 2019, burning about 730 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 17 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 burning38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Arson/incendiarism17
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Newell: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Bromine, Sulfur. 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
El Dorado Sulphur PlantSulfurProducer
Great Lakes Bromine Plant & MineBromineProducer
UnkBrominePast Producer
UnkBrominePast Producer

Every working recorded in Union County

Storms near this place

15 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newell in 15 storm reports between 2001 and 2026: 6 flash flood, 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. 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
April 2015Thunderstorm WindNewell$10,000A tree was downed on a house in the Parkers Chapel community.
March 2026HailNewell-Half dollar size hail reported on Shuler Road just southwest of El Dorado.
March 2026HailNewell-Ping pong ball to golf ball size hail reported in the Parkers Chapel community.
April 2021HailNewell-Penny size hail fell in the Parkers Chapel community. Report from mPING.
May 2021Flash FloodNewell-Portions of the Oak Manor area west of El Dorado were flooded.
April 2019Flash FloodNewell-Portions of Wesson Road and Pleasant Hill Road were covered in high water.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindNewell-A carport collapsed on a car in the Parkers Chapel community southwest of El Dorado.
May 2016HailNewell-Hail larger than the size of golfballs fell in the Parkers Chapel community.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindNewell-Trees were blown down in the Parkers Chapel community.
December 2015Flash FloodNewell-Flooding was reported over several road surfaces in the Parkers Chapel community.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindNewell-A large tree was downed on Hwy. 15 southwest of El Dorado.
May 2009Flash FloodNewell-High water reported across several roads in the Parkers Chapel community.
April 2009HailNewell-Hail fell at the community of Parkers Chapel, Arkansas.
October 2009Flash FloodNewell-High water was reported across State Hwy. 335 west of El Dorado, Arkansas.
February 2001Flash FloodNewell-Flooding across Hwy 15 closing 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
Parkers Chapel1.3 miles19
Griffin2.5 miles14
Pickering2.8 miles19
Foster Hill3.1 miles18
Wesson3.6 miles13
Cargile5.0 miles19
Trull5.0 miles14
Lamberton5.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58262. 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.