Nimrod, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in New Tennessee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72126. It stands on Wallace Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nimrod quadrangle. It stands 397 feet above sea level.
On record in Nimrod
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Fourche LaFave River Bridgelisted 1995
Wallace Bridgelisted 2008
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1890 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Nimrod quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Lake Ouachita quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
50 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Nimrod between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,754 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 8 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 | 15 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1992 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | not named |
| 30 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | GARRETT |
| 3 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 acres | Ouachita National Forest | POWER LINE |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 705 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | NIMROD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Nimrod: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T & T Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nimrod in 6 storm reports between 1993 and 2012: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1993 | Hail | Nimrod | $50,000 | Hail up to golfball-size damaged a number of roofs. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nimrod | $5,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nimrod | - | Trees were blown down around Nimrod. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nimrod | - | A large tree was blown down along State Highway 60. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Nimrod | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nimrod | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deberrie | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Fourche Junction | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Casa | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| West Aplin | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Aplin | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Hollis | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Homewood | 7.2 miles | 18 | |
| Rose Creek | 8.6 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Nimrod | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q24191763 | 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 72870. 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.







