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Noland, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1983. It stands in East Roanoke Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72455. It stands on Julia Dean Creek. The Survey maps it on the Noland quadrangle.

Noland within Randolph County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

53 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Noland between 1997 and 2020, burning about 604 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
26 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 June 2012Debris and open burning20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 June 2006Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Randolph 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 Noland: 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Adams PropertyIronProspect
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Randolph County

Storms near this place

17 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Noland in 17 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 11 flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 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
May 1998Thunderstorm WindNoland$40,000An unoccupied trailer was turned over in Noland. A trailer home was destroyed in Shannon. Several other mobile homes and several houses were damaged. Several trees were knocked down.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindNoland$25,000Damaging straight line winds snapped a few cedar trees at the ground. A small metal hay barn had roof damage and a partially built home received roof damage.
July 2008LightningNoland$20,000Lightning struck a home on Muddy Lane, outside of Imboden in Randolph County. A shop building was completely destroyed and a vehicle was damaged as a result of a fire from the lightning strike.
April 2025FloodNoland-Major river flooding was observed at Imboden along the Spring River.
May 2025FloodNoland-Minor river flooding was observed at Imboden along the Spring River.
January 2025FloodNoland-River flooding on the Spring River at Imboden would take place in late January for a brief time. The river would return to below flood stage before the end of the month of January. A crest would take place on 1/31/2025 at 0130 LST of 19.66 feet.
November 2024FloodNoland-The Spring River at Imboden entered minor flood stage in early November with the crest of 20.87 feet occurring on November 5 at 6:00 PM CST.
March 2023FloodNoland-Heavy rain brought flooding to the Spring River at Imboden in late March.
February 2023FloodNoland-Heavy rain in the early part of February brought flooding to the Spring River at Imboden.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindNoland-Multiple trees were blown down near the intersection of Highway 62 and Squirrel Road near the community of Birdell.
June 2023Tornado (EF1)Noland-This tornado began along Arkansas Highway 166 South between Sanders Road and Eric Road uprooting hardwood trees. The tornado continued southeast crossing Harmony Road knocking down several additional hardwood trees. The most significant damage this tornado produced occurred on Manson Road, where several trees were uprooted and large branches snapped off with one branch landing on a roof of a house. The roof sustained minimal to no visible damage. This tornado lifted after crossing Old Country Road before reaching U.S. Highway 67 south of Pocahontas. This tornado had estimated winds of 107 mph and was rated EF-1.
May 2022FloodNoland-The forecast point at Imboden, along the Spring River, went into minor flood stage on May 3rd, 2022.
May 2022FloodNoland-Heavy rain brought flooding to the Spring River at Imboden in early May.
April 2021FloodNoland-Heavy rain brought flooding to the Spring River at Imboden at the end of April.
January 2020FloodNoland-Heavy rain brought flooding to the Spring River at Imboden.
March 2016FloodNoland-Heavy rain resulted in flooding near Pocahontas. Parts of Highway 166 were closed due to high water.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindNoland-Straight line winds knocked down numerous trees from just north of Imboden on Highway 63 into Pocahontas. A six foot fence was also blown over in Pocahontas.

Every storm recorded in Randolph 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
Davidsonville (historical)2.7 miles12
Hoover Landing3.3 miles12
Birdell3.8 miles12
Dunn4.4 miles12
Manson4.7 miles12
Elnora4.9 miles12
Shannon5.0 miles12
Lesterville5.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77854. 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.