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Nogal, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72016. The Survey maps it on the Gleason quadrangle.

Nogal within Perry County

On record in Nogal

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

28 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Nogal between 1997 and 2020, burning about 446 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2

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 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2000Smoking9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 July 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 July 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry 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 Nogal: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Toadsuck Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Perry County

Storms near this place

8 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nogal in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 3 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 2008FloodNogal$250,000Minor flooding at the Toad Suck Lock and Dam on the Arkansas River occurred for two days. In Perry County, damages were noted to agricultural, county roads, two to four homes, and at least one business. Crests were slightly higher than in March.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindNogal$100,000Trees and power lines were blown down around Toad Suck and a number of other places in Perry County.
October 2009Flash FloodNogal$25,000Flash flooding caused considerable damage to county roads.
April 2011FloodNogal$25,000no account filed
January 2024Thunderstorm WindNogal-Multiple trees were blown down on Allan Point Road along with a tree that fell onto a house between Stony Brook, AR and the western side of Conway, AR.
June 2023Tornado (EF0)Nogal-This tornado started north of Highway 60 near the Perry/Faulkner County line. Visible damage started between Fox Lane and Elm Lane ending near Ferry Boat Road. Damage was observed to the roof of small outbuildings and homes. A chicken coop was blown apart with a portion of the chicken coop being blown into the window of a manufactured home. A carport was blown sideways, but remained attached. Additionally observed was damage to several trees. This tornado dissipated shortly before crossing the Arkansas River between Perry County and Faulkner County; however, the tornado never crossed into Faulkner County. This tornado had estimated winds of 85 mph and was rated EF-0.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindNogal-Trees and power lines were down.
May 2015FloodNogal-The Arkansas River at Toad Suck Lock and Dam rose back above flood stage for the 2nd time in May, remaining in flood into June. Some of the secondary levees had breached and flooding was reported southwest of Toad Suck, west of the new Conway Airport.

Every storm recorded in Perry 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
Toad Suck0.4 miles17
Stony Point2.0 miles17
New Dixie3.3 miles17
Dixie (historical)3.6 miles17
Bunker Hill5.4 miles17
Bigelow6.1 miles17
Fourche6.3 miles16
Graytown6.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57137. 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.