Nunley, Arkansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71953. It stands on Wolf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mena quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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 Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Poteau Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Mena quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Mena quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Mena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
42 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Nunley between 1996 and 2019, burning about 774 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 5 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 burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | WPG 313 |
| 12 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2012 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | DALLAS MOUNTAIN 4 |
| 21 August 2006 | Natural | 42 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | BOARD CAMP CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Nunley: 5 past producers. 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.
Storms near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nunley in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Nunley | $30,000 | Culverts were washed out after heavy rain - up to 4 inches - fell in the Board Camp area. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nunley | $2,000 | A tree fell on Arkansas 8. |
| April 2022 | Heavy Rain | Nunley | - | A report was received of 4.07 inches of rain fell since 8 pm CST, and of that, 1.66 inches fell from 11pm through 12 am CST, at Board Camp Creek near Nunley. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Nunley | - | The Polk County sheriff's office reported flash flooding on Hwy. 375, southeast of Mena. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nunley | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down some large tree limbs. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Nunley | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Nunley | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Nunley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Corinth | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Board Camp | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Ink | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Mena | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| Pine Grove | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Yocana | 6.5 miles | 19 | |
| Shady | 6.6 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.
| Wikidata item Q122561129 | 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 72904. 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.









