Owensville, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Dyer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72087. The Survey maps it on the Lonsdale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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 Benton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Benton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Lonsdale quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
111 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Owensville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 712 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 40 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 | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
31 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Owensville in 31 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 15 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 4 flood, 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2009 | Flood | Owensville | $2,000,000 | Flash flooding, which developed early on the evening of the 23rd, became widespread areal flooding on the 24th and continued through Christmas. At least 12 homes in Shannon Hills had major flood damage. Numerous roads were closed in Benton. The driveway in front of the fire station washed out in Bauxite. Streets flooded in the Forest Cove and Sunset Meadows subdivisions in Bryant. The Saline River at Benton rapidly rose above flood stage just after midnight on the 24th, reaching major flood stage the evening of the 24th. The Saline River remained above flood stage through much of Christmas Day before falling below flood stage the evening of the 25th. |
| December 2009 | Flash Flood | Owensville | $2,000,000 | Widespread heavy rain on the evening of the 23rd led to the development of flash flooding. Numerous county roads were blocked due to flooding. One subdivision in Haskell was flooded. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Owensville | $135,000 | Numerous county roads were damaged by flooding. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Owensville | $40,000 | The roof was blown off a barn, part of the roof was taken off a house, and large trees were blown down. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Owensville | $5,000 | Trees were blown down near Arkansas Highway 5 and Owensville Cutoff. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Owensville | $2,000 | A tree was blown down onto Arkansas 5. |
| December 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Owensville | $500 | This is a delayed report. Received a report of several trees snapped and a well house blown over near Lonsdale in northern Saline county. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Owensville | - | Social media public report of message showing image of several snapped and trees blown down along Largo Drive near the community of Owensville, AR. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Owensville | - | A tree fell onto a house in the 4600 block of Tyler Road in Owensville. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Owensville | - | Trees were down near Owensville. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Owensville | - | Trees and power lines were down along Highway 5. |
| September 2009 | Flood | Owensville | - | Heavy rainfall in the middle of the month pushed the Saline River at Benton above flood stage. Impacts were minor. |
| October 2009 | Flood | Owensville | - | Flash flooding which began on the 29th became widespread areal flooding on the 30th. |
| October 2009 | Flood | Owensville | - | Heavy rainfall at the end of the month pushed the Saline River at Benton above flood stage. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Owensville | - | A large tree was down and was blocking Arkansas Highway 5. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Owensville | - | Trees down. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Owensville | - | Tree blown down onto a house. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Owensville | - | Heavy rains resulted in flash flooding around Owensville. Several streets were flooded and a part of State Highway 5 was partially covered by high water. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Owensville | - | Several buildings sustained roof damage. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Owensville | - | Thunderstorms downed several trees, blew over a swing set and knocked down a large tree onto a house in Hot Springs Village. |
| December 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Owensville | - | A weak tornado (F0) briefly touched down about 1 mile north of Owensville in western Saline County. The tornado caused some minor property damage at a residence on a hilltop and clipped some treetops before it dissipated. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Owensville | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Owensville | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Owensville | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Owensville | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Owensville | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Owensville | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Owensville | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Owensville | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Owensville | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Owensville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crows | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Rubicon | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Alum (historical) | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Nance | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Blocher | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Slocomb (historical) | 7.5 miles | 19 | |
| Klondike (historical) | 8.2 miles | 19 | |
| Kentucky | 8.5 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 53108. 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.







