Pine Ridge, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Oden Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71961. It stands on Bolan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pine Ridge quadrangle.
On record in Pine Ridge
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Huddleston Store and McKinzie Storelisted 1984
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1890 USGS Mount Ida quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1890 USGS Mt Ida quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Oden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Lake Ouachita quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Pine Ridge quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
44 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Pine Ridge between 1992 and 2016, burning about 838 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 14 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/incendiarism | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2006 | Smoking | 9.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2011 | Natural | 33 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2011 | Natural | 159 acres | Ouachita National Forest | OPAL |
| 26 August 2000 | Smoking | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | LITTEL ROUND MT. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
38 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Ridge in 38 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 15 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 heavy rain, 4 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Ridge | 1 hurt | A large tree limb fell and injured a person. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Pine Ridge | $100,000 | Flooding occurred across the county. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Pine Ridge | $50,000 | This tornado exited Polk County east-northeast of Opal and entered Montgomery County southwest of Pine Ridge. In Montgomery County, numerous trees and some power lines were blown down. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Pine Ridge | $50,000 | Approximately 5.5 inches of rain fell. Low water bridges and crossings were flooded. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Ridge | $40,000 | A 40'X60' pole barn was blown down. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Ridge | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and power lines. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Pine Ridge | - | Golf-ball sized hail fell near the town Huddleston. |
| March 2023 | Heavy Rain | Pine Ridge | - | The COOP observer reported 2.05 inches of rain. |
| August 2023 | Heavy Rain | Pine Ridge | - | Co-Op observer measured 4.10 inches of total rainfall over a 24 hour period with rain still falling. |
| April 2022 | Flash Flood | Pine Ridge | - | This was a delayed report. The Montgomery county judge relayed info to the fire chief/MT. Ida COOP of road washouts on Hwy. 88 and on Hwy. 8 near the Polk/Montgomery county border. Road crews were getting roads cleared and reopened. The event time is subject to change due to the delayed report. |
| November 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Ridge | - | Multiple trees and powerlines were blown down in Pine Ridge. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Ridge | - | A tree fell onto a church. |
| September 2020 | Heavy Rain | Pine Ridge | - | The Pine Ridge COOP observer reported 4.02 inches of rain. |
| April 2017 | Heavy Rain | Pine Ridge | - | The 24 hour rainfall total was 3.42 inches. |
| September 2009 | Heavy Rain | Pine Ridge | - | Pine Ridge broke the record for the greatest rainfall ever recorded in the month of September. |
| August 2006 | Heavy Rain | Pine Ridge | - | The local observer reported 4.09 inches of rain fell in about two and a half hours. |
| November 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Ridge | - | Trees were downed. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Ridge | - | Tree down on Highway 88 near town. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Ridge | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a number of trees, some street signs and tore shingles off several houses. |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Ridge | - | Trees blown down. |
| March 2004 | Lightning | Pine Ridge | - | Just before a severe thunderstorm arrived, lightning triggered a house fire in Pine Ridge...with the house heavily damaged. Firemen said they were pelted by hail as they tried to extinguish the blaze. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F2) | Pine Ridge | - | A strong tornado moved from southeast Polk County into southwest Montgomery County about 8.5 miles south-southwest of Pine Ridge. Widespread tree damage was noted along the path of the tornado. The tornado lifted about 9 miles south of Pine Ridge. |
| September 2001 | Flash Flood | Pine Ridge | - | Thunderstorms that produced heavy rains caused flash flooding 2 miles south of Pine Ridge. A road washed out and a bridge sustained damage. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Pine Ridge | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Pine Ridge | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Pine Ridge | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Pine Ridge | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Pine Ridge | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Pine Ridge | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Pine Ridge | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Pine Ridge | - | no account filed |
| October 1999 | Hail | Pine Ridge | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Pine Ridge | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Ridge | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Pine Ridge | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Pine Ridge | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Pine Ridge | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Pine Ridge | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huddleston | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Union Hill | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Sulphur Springs | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Alf | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Redbird (historical) | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Oden | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Hog Jaw | 8.2 miles | 15 | |
| Gaston | 8.5 miles | 15 |
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 Pine Ridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7195309 | 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 78013. 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.








