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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pearcy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Arkadelphia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
192 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 82 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 22 acres | Ouachita National Forest | MEYERS |
| 28 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
36 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2005 | Tornado (F2) | Pearcy | 1 hurt | A 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearcy | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Pearcy | $330,000 | A foot of water was over Amity Road. |
| March 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Pearcy | $200,000 | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearcy | $125,000 | A 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 2010 | Flash Flood | Pearcy | $5,000 | Several 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 2023 | Funnel Cloud | Pearcy | - | Law Enforcement saw a funnel cloud near Pearcy. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearcy | - | A tree was blown down in Pearcy. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Pearcy | - | Baseball sized hail fell near Pearcy. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearcy | - | Reports were received of damage to powerlines between Bonnerdale and Pearcy from thunderstorms that moved through earlier in the day. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Pearcy | - | Silver dollar sized hail was reported near Pearcy. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearcy | - | Multiple large trees were down in Pearcy. The spotter estimated 60 mph wind gusts. |
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Pearcy | - | Heavy rain caused some flash flooding in Pearcy. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearcy | - | Trees and power lines were down throughout Garland County with Pearcy being one of the harder hit areas. |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearcy | - | Six large trees were reported down. Shingles were blown off the roof of a home. A camper and trampoline were thrown. |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearcy | - | Several trees were snapped off or uprooted. |
| April 2006 | Flash Flood | Pearcy | - | Heavy rains caused flash flooding to occur along several parts of U.S. Highway 70 near Pearcy. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearcy | - | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees, with some trees blocking Highway 70. Large tree limbs were also blown onto power lines. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearcy | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a number of trees and power lines, blew down a billboard and removed the roof from a house in Pearcy. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearcy | - | A severe thunderstorm blew down a large tree onto a house in Pearcy. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Pearcy | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Pearcy | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Pearcy | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Pearcy | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Pearcy | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearcy | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearcy | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Pearcy | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearcy | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearcy | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearcy | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearcy | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearcy | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearcy | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Pearcy | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Pearcy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oma | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Chandler | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Lofton | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Meyers | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Sunshine | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Hempwallace | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Maddox | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Old Bonnerdale | 5.7 miles | 7 |
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 Pearcy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7157996 | 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 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.





