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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Quitman quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Conway quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1991 USGS Quitman quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
54 since 1997Regional 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 burning | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Smoking | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2000 | Natural | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 29 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2010 | Tornado (EF2) | Pearson | 1 killed, 3 hurt, $250,000 | A 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 2010 | Lightning | Pearson | $200,000 | Lightning struck a house, setting it on fire. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearson | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Pearson | $5,000 | Flooding occurred on Bettis Mountain Road and Cadron Creek Road. The Cadron Creek Bridge was under water. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearson | - | Few trees were blown down in the Cove Creek community. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearson | - | A few trees were downed. |
| September 2005 | Tornado (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 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearson | - | Some trees were blown down. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Pearson | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearson | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Pearson | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Shore Park | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Driftwood Shores | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Hopewell | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Miller (historical) | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Crossroads | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Quitman | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Heber Springs | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Shiloh (historical) | 6.6 miles | 15 |
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.







