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Peter Pender, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Hurricane Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72933. It stands on Lowes Creek. The Survey maps it on the Branch quadrangle.

Peter Pender within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

45 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Peter Pender between 1997 and 2020, burning about 832 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2

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
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1998Arson/incendiarism70 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Peter Pender: 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

12 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peter Pender in 12 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 4 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 6 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
May 2011Tornado (EF4)Peter Pender1 killed, 6 hurt, $1,500,000This is the third of six segments of this tornado. The tornado snapped or uprooted a number of large trees as it moved back into Franklin County from Logan County. The damage path widened considerably to about 3/4 of a mile as the tornado moved north of Highway 398 and approached Etna. In and near Etna, the tornado destroyed a number of permanent homes, destroyed mobile homes, destroyed a metal building, destroyed a number of outbuildings, snapped numerous power poles, and snapped or uprooted many large trees. One of the three tornado-related fatalities in Franklin County occurred when a double-wide mobile home was destroyed in Etna. At least six serious injuries occurred in this area and several of those were critical.||Several well-built, wood-framed permanent homes were destroyed in Etna with only a small amount of debris remaining on the foundation. Trees were debarked in this area and the ground was scoured by debris. A well-built, two-story, steel-framed home northeast of Etna on Highway 309 was also destroyed with only a few interior walls remaining on the first floor. Two people survived in the kitchen pantry as the home was destroyed around them. Maximum estimated wind speed in this segment of the tornado based on this damage was about 170 mph.||The tornado continued into Logan County, Arkansas, at 1.25 miles wide.
November 2022Tornado (EF1)Peter Pender$75,000This tornado moved east-northeast from Shaw Loop to Highway 23. It uprooted trees, damaged a couple homes, and destroyed several outbuildings. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph.
March 2008Tornado (EF1)Peter Pender$75,000A tornado destroyed several large barns, damaged several homes, and blew down trees and power poles.
November 2022Tornado (EF0)Peter Pender$25,000This tornado moved east-northeast from just east of Highway 54 to north of Compressor Road, and damaged outbuildings and snapped large tree limbs. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 75 to 80 mph.
April 2025HailPeter Pender$15,000Half dollar size hail damaged homes and vehicles.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindPeter Pender-Small trees and branches were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind onto Highway 23.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindPeter Pender-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindPeter Pender-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous tree limbs.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindPeter Pender-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs.
December 2012HailPeter Pender-no account filed
April 2011HailPeter Pender-no account filed
February 2008HailPeter Pender-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Dahoma (historical)2.2 miles19
Sub Rosa (historical)2.3 miles19
Donald (historical)2.4 miles19
Branch3.9 miles19
Meg3.9 miles19
Fealey (historical)4.4 miles19
Etna4.5 miles19
Cecil5.5 miles19

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.

Wikidata item Q122545812The 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 77980. 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.