Parthenon, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Hudson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72666. It stands on Shop Creek. The Survey maps it on the Parthenon quadrangle. It stands 928 feet above sea level.
On record in Parthenon
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
Little Buffalo River Bridgelisted 1995
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 13 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.
- 1933 USGS Mt Judea quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Mt Judea quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Mt Judea NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Parthenon quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
60 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Parthenon between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,677 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | BOUNDARY |
| 19 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 May 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 55 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Parthenon: 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Lead, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ozark Rock Co. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Blue Bluff | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Boulder Prospect | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Hudson Property | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Jackpot | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| J A Lowry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lamar Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Newton County Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Panther Creek | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Pruitt Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parthenon in 13 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 heavy rain, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parthenon | $110,000 | Several homes have suffered damage...and the post office has been destroyed. The roof was blown off of a church and several roadways are blocked. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parthenon | $30,000 | A roof was blown off of a church. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parthenon | $15,000 | Trees were blown down, with one of the trees falling on a house. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parthenon | $10,000 | A tree fell onto a home in Parthenon. |
| November 2024 | Heavy Rain | Parthenon | - | A rainfall total of 8.64 inches was measured at Parthenon over the 24 hour period ending on November 4, 2024 at 6:04 AM CST. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Parthenon | - | A sheriff deputy reported a 4 inch measured rainfall amount in Jasper. Flash flooding was reported in Parthenon where a couple of roads had locations that were washed out. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parthenon | - | Newton County law enforcement reported several trees and a few powerlines were downed because of the line of thunderstorms. |
| July 2014 | Heavy Rain | Parthenon | - | A home weather station measured 5.12 inches of rain in 97 minutes. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parthenon | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Parthenon | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Parthenon | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Parthenon | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parthenon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Cave | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Wayton | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Murray | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Gum Springs | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Jasper | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Sherman | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Crossroad | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Shiloh | 6.1 miles | 9 |
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 Parthenon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7140248 | The 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 77959. 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.









