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Peel, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marion County Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72668. It lies near Willow Spring Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Peel quadrangle. It stands 938 feet above sea level.

Peel within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 16 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

61 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Peel between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,938 acres in total. None started naturally. 44 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
Arson/incendiarism44
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
30 September 2004Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 May 1992Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 2007Arson/incendiarism111 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionHOUSE HOLLOW
5 April 2016Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 April 2005Arson/incendiarism20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 April 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 April 2003Arson/incendiarism150 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Peel: 5 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, 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
Unknown QuarryStoneUnknown
Arthur of Nancy J. MineLead, ZincUnknown
Big Saddle ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Cromwell & CaddyLead, ZincUnknown
Houck MineLead, ZincUnknown
Mcgregor ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Rising Sun MineLead, ZincUnknown
Roy ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Thomas Barclay ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Watson ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

40 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peel in 40 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 18 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
April 2003Tornado (F1)Peel1 hurtA weak tornado touched down 3.2 miles southwest of Peel and traveled to the northeast before lifting 1.7 miles northeast of Peel. The tornado damaged a church with a wall bowed out. Damage also occurred to the ceiling in the sanctuary. A travel trailer was also overturned with several homes suffering roof damage, mostly due to fallen trees or tree limbs. Also, a 60 by 40 foot shed was totally destroyed, with doors blown off a few turkey houses. Power lines and power poles were downed along with dozens of very large trees. Two vehicle were smashed by fallen trees. A woman was injured when her mobile home flipped over and was destroyed.
August 2013Flash FloodPeel$550,000Several streets in Flippin flooded. Low-water crossings on Marion County Roads 3010, 3021, and 3022 were impassable with more than a foot of water over them. Numerous county roads and bridges suffered damage.
May 2011FloodPeel$500,000Some of the campsites around Bull Shoals Lake were closed due to flooding. Part of the Buffalo National River was closed due to flooding, flood damage, and debris piles.
April 2011FloodPeel$200,000Widespread areal flooding occurred.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindPeel$50,000Thunderstorm winds destroyed three barns and downed some power lines.
December 2013Flash FloodPeel$20,000Several county roads were under water.
March 2008Flash FloodPeel$15,000The low water bridges were covered and some gates were closed over the roads.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPeel-We had 2200 power outages reported in northwest Marion County, with most locations completely without power from Peel south towards Summit.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindPeel-Several trees were blown down across parts of Marion County.
May 2020HailPeel-Two inch hail was reported in Peel.
June 2016Flash FloodPeel-County roads 8036 and 8037 have been washed out with 6 inches of water running over the roads. The basement of the Coon Creek Fishing Resort was flooded.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindPeel-A tree was down on Highway 125 and Locust Rd. 2 trees were down on County Road 0836.
June 2016Heavy RainPeel-Rain of 4.6 inches was reported from this mornings thunderstorms.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindPeel-Some trees were uprooted.
April 2011HailPeel-Hail fell along Arkansas Highway 125.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindPeel-Power lines were blown down.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindPeel-One tree and numerous large limbs were reported down at Camp Galilee.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindPeel-Several trees were knocked down.
April 2017HailPeel-no account filed
July 2011HailPeel-no account filed
July 2011HailPeel-no account filed
April 2006HailPeel-no account filed
April 2006HailPeel-no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindPeel-no account filed
April 2005HailPeel-no account filed
June 2005HailPeel-no account filed
December 2002HailPeel-no account filed
May 2002HailPeel-no account filed
May 2000HailPeel-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindPeel-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindPeel-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindPeel-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindPeel-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindPeel-no account filed
July 1999HailPeel-no account filed
May 1998HailPeel-no account filed
June 1996HailPeel-no account filed
May 1996HailPeel-no account filed
April 1996HailPeel-no account filed
May 1994HailPeel-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marion 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
Pine Branch4.8 miles17
Mount Perrian (historical)5.0 miles16
Monarch5.6 miles16
Midway5.8 miles17
Lakeway6.5 miles15
Dodd City7.4 miles15
Kingdom Springs (historical)9.1 miles17
Stone (historical)9.5 miles17

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 PeelAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7160195The 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 77972. 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.