BlockOld Lexington, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 4. It lies in ZIP code area 72031. It lies near Ab Smith Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Old Lexington quadrangle. It stands 1,345 feet above sea level.
On record in Old Lexington
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 1 record
- Joe Guffey Houselisted 1985
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1892 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Old Lexington quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Old Lexington quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
75 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Old Lexington between 1997 and 2018, burning about 1,958 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 32 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 67 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Old Lexington in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2012: 1 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Old Lexington | $75,000 | This tornado exited Van Buren County northeast of Rubek and entered Stone County east-southeast of Old Lexington. One house had its roof damaged and a window blown out, and another house had roof damage. The porch and the roof of a mobile home were damaged. Sheds were destroyed and barns were damaged. Trees and power lines were blown down. The city park at Fox suffered considerable damage. |
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Old Lexington | $50,000 | Damages occurred across the county due to heavy rains. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Old Lexington | $10,000 | Several trees were blown down. One of the trees landed on the porch of a house. |
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.
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 Old Lexington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7084367 | 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 77906. 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.
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.