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Pearcy, Arkansas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71964. It stands on Pearcy Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Pearcy quadrangle. 306 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 604 feet above sea level.

Pearcy within Garland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

192 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Pearcy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,360 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 58 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 burning82
Arson/incendiarism58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony3
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
9 September 2003Arson/incendiarism30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2011Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2003Arson/incendiarism22 acresOuachita National ForestMEYERS
28 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garland County

Storms near this place

36 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pearcy in 36 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 19 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 4 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 2 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
November 2005Tornado (F2)Pearcy1 hurtA strong tornado tracked into southwestern Garland County from Hot Spring County. The tornado rolled a mobile home into a tree, with a man injured near Pearcy. In the same area, several homes had mainly roof damage. The tornado then hit areas on the west side of Lake Hamilton, with structural damage to several homes and docks destroyed. Along the way, numerous trees were uprooted or snapped with power lines downed. The tornado dissipated roughly 3 miles southeast of Mountain Pine.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindPearcy1 hurtno account filed
September 2008Flash FloodPearcy$330,000A foot of water was over Amity Road.
March 1996Tornado (F1)Pearcy$200,000no account filed
March 2007Thunderstorm WindPearcy$125,000A mobile home was destroyed when it was blown off its block and split in half. Much of the roof of a house was torn off, as was part of the roof of another house. A number of trees were blown down or snapped off.
July 2010Flash FloodPearcy$5,000Several roads were flooded in Hot Springs. The rain gage at the Hot Springs airport recorded 2.42 inches of rain from 4 to 5 PM CDT, and another 1.04 inches of rain between 5 and 6 PM CDT. At the airport, minor flooding occurred in the foyers and in the basement. A gage on Big Mazarn Creek at Pearcy measured just over 2 inches of rain between 3:44 and 5:55 PM CDT.
March 2023Funnel CloudPearcy-Law Enforcement saw a funnel cloud near Pearcy.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindPearcy-A tree was blown down in Pearcy.
June 2023HailPearcy-Baseball sized hail fell near Pearcy.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindPearcy-Reports were received of damage to powerlines between Bonnerdale and Pearcy from thunderstorms that moved through earlier in the day.
March 2020HailPearcy-Silver dollar sized hail was reported near Pearcy.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindPearcy-Multiple large trees were down in Pearcy. The spotter estimated 60 mph wind gusts.
May 2018Flash FloodPearcy-Heavy rain caused some flash flooding in Pearcy.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindPearcy-Trees and power lines were down throughout Garland County with Pearcy being one of the harder hit areas.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindPearcy-Six large trees were reported down. Shingles were blown off the roof of a home. A camper and trampoline were thrown.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindPearcy-Several trees were snapped off or uprooted.
April 2006Flash FloodPearcy-Heavy rains caused flash flooding to occur along several parts of U.S. Highway 70 near Pearcy.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindPearcy-Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees, with some trees blocking Highway 70. Large tree limbs were also blown onto power lines.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindPearcy-Thunderstorm winds downed a number of trees and power lines, blew down a billboard and removed the roof from a house in Pearcy.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindPearcy-A severe thunderstorm blew down a large tree onto a house in Pearcy.
April 2009HailPearcy-no account filed
April 2008HailPearcy-no account filed
April 2008HailPearcy-no account filed
May 2006HailPearcy-no account filed
September 2006Funnel CloudPearcy-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindPearcy-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindPearcy-no account filed
April 2000HailPearcy-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindPearcy-no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindPearcy-no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindPearcy-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindPearcy-no account filed
April 1999Thunderstorm WindPearcy-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindPearcy-no account filed
March 1996HailPearcy-no account filed
April 1995HailPearcy-no account filed

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
Oma2.6 miles8
Chandler2.8 miles8
Lofton3.7 miles8
Meyers4.0 miles8
Sunshine4.3 miles8
Hempwallace4.3 miles8
Maddox4.5 miles8
Old Bonnerdale5.7 miles7

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 PearcyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7157996The 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 73029. 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.