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Pearson, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Township 2. It lies in ZIP code area 72131. It stands on Taylor Branch. The Survey maps it on the Quitman quadrangle.

Pearson within Cleburne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

54 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Pearson between 1997 and 2020, burning about 414 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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 burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Smoking2

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
6 September 2010Smoking10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2004Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2000Natural10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2011Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use29 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cleburne 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 Pearson: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. 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
UnkStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Cleburne County

Storms near this place

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pearson in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2010: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 3 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
March 2010Tornado (EF2)Pearson1 killed, 3 hurt, $250,000A home was destroyed on South Sawmill Road, and the three occupants in the home were thrown out into a field. A 79 year-old man lost his life. The man's wife, 75 years old, suffered serious injuries, as did their grandson, 23 years old. The washer, dryer, and water heater from the home were found about 750 feet away in some brush. A mobile home on the same property was destroyed. Six other homes received minor damage. Some trees and power lines were blown down. A motorist on Arkansas Highway 107 was injured when his pickup truck was blown off the road.
June 2010LightningPearson$200,000Lightning struck a house, setting it on fire.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindPearson$15,000no account filed
May 2009Flash FloodPearson$5,000Flooding occurred on Bettis Mountain Road and Cadron Creek Road. The Cadron Creek Bridge was under water.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindPearson-Few trees were blown down in the Cove Creek community.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindPearson-A few trees were downed.
September 2005Tornado (F1)Pearson-A weak tornado was spawned in southwest Cleburne County from the same storm that produced the tornado at Hopewell. The tornado moved to the northwest around the remnants of Hurricane Rita. Estimated winds with the tornado were about 90 mph. The tornado blew down a number of trees and two mobile homes sustained damage. The tornado was on the ground for about 0.7 of a mile before dissipating.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindPearson-Some trees were blown down.
April 2010HailPearson-no account filed
February 1999Thunderstorm WindPearson-no account filed
May 1996HailPearson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cleburne 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
South Shore Park1.8 miles11
Driftwood Shores2.5 miles11
Hopewell4.4 miles11
Miller (historical)4.6 miles16
Crossroads4.9 miles11
Quitman6.1 miles11
Heber Springs6.2 miles11
Shiloh (historical)6.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58338. 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.