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Omaha, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Omaha Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72662. It lies near Pinrod Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Omaha quadrangle. 128 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,345 feet above sea level.

Omaha within Boone County

On record in Omaha

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Omaha between 1992 and 2020, burning about 764 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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/undetermined11
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism11
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
8 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use64 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2014Debris and open burning25 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionBOO19078654
7 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2012Railroad operations and maintenance25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2011Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boone County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Omaha: 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, 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
Duffield Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Carrier ProspectZincProspect
Josie B. MineZincPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Boone County

Storms near this place

42 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Omaha in 42 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 27 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 flash flood. 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 2011FloodOmaha$4,000,000Some of the campsites around Bull Shoals Lake were closed due to flooding.
April 2011FloodOmaha$500,000Widespread areal flooding occurred.
September 2014Flash FloodOmaha$75,000Streets flooded in Harrison and low-water crossings were flooded in Boone County. The Harrison airport measured 1.41 inches of rain between 2:59 PM and 3:11 PM CDT.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindOmaha$15,000A roof was blown off of a mobile home. Several trees were down.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindOmaha$15,000A large oak tree was down. Telephone poles and power lines were down.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindOmaha$5,000Trees were blown down.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindOmaha$5,000Power lines were blown down on Old Highway 65.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindOmaha-Several large tree limbs fell in the community of Omaha.
April 2023HailOmaha-This report was on Hwy. 65 south of Omaha.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindOmaha-A large tree was down on power lines.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindOmaha-Some large tree limbs were knocked down.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindOmaha-Thunderstorm winds knocked down several large trees at the Tucker Hollow Park.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindOmaha-Thunderstorm winds blew down some large tree limbs.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindOmaha-Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines.
October 2021HailOmaha-no account filed
May 2020HailOmaha-no account filed
April 2018HailOmaha-no account filed
May 2017HailOmaha-no account filed
May 2017HailOmaha-no account filed
May 2017HailOmaha-no account filed
May 2017HailOmaha-no account filed
April 2011HailOmaha-no account filed
April 2011HailOmaha-no account filed
June 2011HailOmaha-no account filed
June 2008HailOmaha-no account filed
January 2006HailOmaha-no account filed
March 2006HailOmaha-no account filed
April 2006HailOmaha-no account filed
September 2006HailOmaha-no account filed
February 2005HailOmaha-no account filed
May 2004HailOmaha-no account filed
May 2002HailOmaha-no account filed
July 2001HailOmaha-no account filed
November 2001HailOmaha-no account filed
June 1999HailOmaha-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindOmaha-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindOmaha-no account filed
March 1999HailOmaha-no account filed
May 1996HailOmaha-no account filed
November 1995HailOmaha-no account filed
November 1995HailOmaha-no account filed
June 1994HailOmaha-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Boone 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
Cricket0.8 miles12
Crest2.3 miles12
New Hope3.0 miles12
Burlington5.4 miles12
Self5.7 miles13
Bellville6.9 miles13
Lowry7.2 miles13
Shaver (historical)7.7 miles12

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 OmahaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2233593The 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 58309. 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.