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Ozark Lithia, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Whittington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71909. The Survey maps it on the Hot Springs North quadrangle.

Ozark Lithia within Garland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

197 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Ozark Lithia between 1997 and 2020, burning about 793 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 54 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/incendiarism54
Debris and open burning53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined53
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural12
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2011Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHot Springs National ParkVEHICLE WF
24 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Ozark Lithia: 10 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Flagstone, 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
No NameFlagstonePast Producer
No NameClayPast Producer
No NameClayPast Producer
No NameFlagstonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
Unk Hot SpringsStonePast Producer
Smith Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Garland County

Storms near this place

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ozark Lithia in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 2 tornado, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 20 injuries. 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 2011Tornado (EF3)Ozark Lithia1 killed, 20 hurt, $21,000,000Homes were destroyed in the Walnut Valley, Ozark Lithia, Ranch Estates, and Mountain Valley areas. Church buildings and the Teen Challenge building on Arkansas Highway 7 were badly damaged. Vehicles were piled up in the parking lot of the church. An 8-month old baby was killed in the Walnut Valley area. A Red Cross survey indicated approximately 25 houses and 21 mobile homes were destroyed, 22 houses and 5 mobile homes suffered severe damage, 18 houses and 4 mobile homes had minor damage, and 5 houses and 2 mobile homes were affected. A two-story house had its top floor removed. Several outbuildings and a well-constructed barn were destroyed. A portion of the tornado's track was determined during an aerial survey by the Arkansas Forestry Commission. This tornado exited Garland County northwest of the incorporated portion of Fountain Lake and entered Saline County in Hot Springs Village.
December 2012LightningOzark Lithia$120,000Lightning struck a pine tree, then traveled to the ground, where the electrical charge forked. One fork went to a workshop, knocking out the power and melting the breakers in the breaker box. The other fork traveled to a downspout on a house and then up along the gutter on the front of the house. Beams holding up the porch roof were splintered but remained enough intact to support the roof. The lightning then traveled to the flashing on the roof, subsequently setting fire to the roof vents and the roof. Water ran into the house, ruining expensive wood flooring and damaging some furnishings.
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Ozark Lithia$40,000Trees were blown down, with one landing on a barn. Roofs were blown off a barn and a shed. The tornado then moved into Hot Springs Village, where additional trees were blown down. One of these trees landed on a house. The tornado exited Garland County northwest of the incorporated portion of Fountain Lake and entered the Saline County portion of Hot Springs Village.
March 2023Flash FloodOzark Lithia-Numerous roads in and north of Hot Springs were under water.
September 2020Flash FloodOzark Lithia-There was a swift water incident along Walnut Valley Rd. just south of Hwy. 7.

Every storm recorded in Garland 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
Fountain Lake2.0 miles14
Mountain Valley3.3 miles13
Dripping Springs (historical)4.5 miles14
Bonanza Springs (historical)4.6 miles15
Hot Springs Village5.4 miles14
Blue Springs6.3 miles13
Euclid Heights6.5 miles15
Hot Springs6.7 miles15

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 Q122557430The 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 53125. 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.