BlockPea Ridge, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Red Fork Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71674. The Survey maps it on the Watson quadrangle. It stands 154 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1935 USGS Red Fork quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Watson quadrangle1:24000
- 1971 USGS Dumas quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Dumas quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Pea Ridge between 2010 and 2015, burning about 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 February 2015 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge | OAKWOOD ONE2010 |
| 4 October 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge | OAKWOOD#1 2011 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pea Ridge in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2015: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pea Ridge | $3,000 | Trees were blown down, blocking Arkansas 1. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Pea Ridge | - | Flooding continued along the Arkansas River from very heavy rainfall in May. The Arkansas River at the Pendleton remained above flood stage from the 30th of May through the late evening hours of the 5th of June. |
| December 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Pea Ridge | - | An F1 tornado touched down 4 miles south-southwest of Pea Ridge and moved to the northeast for 9 miles before lifting. The first damage noted were several twisted trees and some large tree limbs that were knocked down. Just east of Highway 277, a house sustained minor roof and window damage. Further to the northeast, several buildings along Highway 1 were damaged. The roof of a church was damaged and a nearby house had some roof damage. Also, a storage garage was destroyed and several farm vehicles were damaged. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medford (historical) | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Back Gate | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Red Fork | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Pendleton | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Watson | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Oaklawn | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Lacy (historical) | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Littles (historical) | 5.4 miles | 13 |
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 Pea Ridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7157179 | 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 53239. 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.