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Parnell, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Goodrum Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72023. It lies near Smith Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Cabot quadrangle.

Parnell within Lonoke County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

5 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Parnell between 2004 and 2015, burning about 76 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
3 April 2004Misuse of fire by a minor9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 April 2007Debris and open burning15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 March 2014Debris and open burning20 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionLON1889456
23 December 2005Debris and open burning16 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 January 2015Smoking16 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lonoke County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Parnell: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Cabot Quarry & Mill No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Lonoke County

Storms near this place

14 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parnell in 14 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 6 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
August 2010LightningParnell$150,000Lightning struck a house on Poppy Lane. The resulting fire destroyed the two-story house.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindParnell$60,000Numerous trees were blown down, and a couple of houses were damaged by the falling trees. A billboard was blown down.
April 2009Flash FloodParnell$55,000Portions of Mt. Carmel Road were flooded. Two houses were flooded.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindParnell$40,000Trees and power lines were blown down. One tree fell into a house. Shingles were blown off a roof.
March 2008Flash FloodParnell$15,000Water was across Arkansas Highway 89 on the east side of Cabot. The water was approaching houses. Water was also reported over Campground Road on the east side of Cabot.
April 2025Flash FloodParnell-A large portion of the road was impassable from being completely washed out by high water.
April 2025HailParnell-Lime-sized (2 inch hail) fell near the vicinity of Hidden Oaks as the hailstone was measured via tape measure and several angles were provided per multiple pictures.
April 2025HailParnell-Half dollar-sized hail fell in the neighborhood of the Hoover Addition, report via mPING.
April 2017Flash FloodParnell-Highway 321 and Highway 89 were flooded.
May 2010HailParnell-Quarter size hail fell on the south side of Cabot on Arkansas Highway 89.
September 2005Tornado (F1)Parnell-A weak tornado touched down over northwest Lonoke County. The tornado moved to the northwest around the remnants of Hurricane Rita. Damage along the tornado consisted of minor roof damage to several residences and some trees blown down. The tornado exited Lonoke County into Pulaski County about 4 miles west of Parnell.
June 2009HailParnell-no account filed
June 2009HailParnell-no account filed
June 2009HailParnell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lonoke 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
Woodlawn Estates0.4 miles14
Welders Wood0.7 miles19
Waymack Addition1.1 miles19
Kingwood Addition1.1 miles19
Windwood Circle1.1 miles14
Country Lane1.3 miles19
Southwood Addition1.4 miles14
Bailey Estates1.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 61268. 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.