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Overcup, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72110. It stands on Cooks Branch. The Survey maps it on the Morrilton East quadrangle.

Overcup within Conway County

On record in Overcup

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

71 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Overcup between 1997 and 2020, burning about 737 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined30
Debris and open burning27
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking2
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 September 2004Debris and open burning15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1997Debris and open burning16 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1999Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2001Arson/incendiarism40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 1999Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Conway 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 Overcup: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
UnkClayProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Conway County

Storms near this place

13 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Overcup in 13 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 2 lightning. 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 2015Tornado (EF1)Overcup$50,000The tornado touched down on the east side of Arkansas State Hwy 9 at Overcup (Conway County). Damage mainly consisted of snapped and blown down trees. There was also minor damage to outbuildings and chicken houses.
August 2009LightningOvercup$30,000A home was struck by lightning on Lonoke Road.
April 2010LightningOvercup$10,000Lightning struck a storage building, setting it on fire.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindOvercup$5,000Trees were blown down along Arkansas 9.
June 2023HailOvercup-Nickel sized hail fell near Morrilton.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindOvercup-Trees and power lines were down.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindOvercup-Thunderstorm winds downed some power lines.
April 2016Funnel CloudOvercup-no account filed
March 2003HailOvercup-no account filed
March 2000HailOvercup-no account filed
March 2000HailOvercup-no account filed
March 1996HailOvercup-no account filed
March 1996Funnel CloudOvercup-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Conway 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
Solgohachia2.3 miles17
Hickory Hill2.5 miles17
Wesley Chapel3.7 miles17
Hill Creek4.0 miles17
Cypress Valley4.6 miles17
Spring Meadows5.1 miles18
Plumerville5.2 miles17
Saint Vincent5.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58312. 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.