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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.

Pine Ridge within Montgomery County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

44 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning12
Natural10
Smoking2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 September 1999Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2006Smoking9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2011Natural33 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2011Natural159 acresOuachita National ForestOPAL
26 August 2000Smoking12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2006Naturalunder an acreOuachita National ForestLITTEL ROUND MT.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

38 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2007Thunderstorm WindPine Ridge1 hurtA large tree limb fell and injured a person.
September 2008Flash FloodPine Ridge$100,000Flooding occurred across the county.
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Pine Ridge$50,000This 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 2008Flash FloodPine Ridge$50,000Approximately 5.5 inches of rain fell. Low water bridges and crossings were flooded.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindPine Ridge$40,000A 40'X60' pole barn was blown down.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindPine Ridge$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and power lines.
April 2026HailPine Ridge-Golf-ball sized hail fell near the town Huddleston.
March 2023Heavy RainPine Ridge-The COOP observer reported 2.05 inches of rain.
August 2023Heavy RainPine Ridge-Co-Op observer measured 4.10 inches of total rainfall over a 24 hour period with rain still falling.
April 2022Flash FloodPine 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 2022Thunderstorm WindPine Ridge-Multiple trees and powerlines were blown down in Pine Ridge.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindPine Ridge-A tree fell onto a church.
September 2020Heavy RainPine Ridge-The Pine Ridge COOP observer reported 4.02 inches of rain.
April 2017Heavy RainPine Ridge-The 24 hour rainfall total was 3.42 inches.
September 2009Heavy RainPine Ridge-Pine Ridge broke the record for the greatest rainfall ever recorded in the month of September.
August 2006Heavy RainPine Ridge-The local observer reported 4.09 inches of rain fell in about two and a half hours.
November 2006Thunderstorm WindPine Ridge-Trees were downed.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindPine Ridge-Tree down on Highway 88 near town.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindPine Ridge-Thunderstorm winds downed a number of trees, some street signs and tore shingles off several houses.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindPine Ridge-Trees blown down.
March 2004LightningPine 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 2003Tornado (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 2001Flash FloodPine 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 2020HailPine Ridge-no account filed
May 2008HailPine Ridge-no account filed
March 2004HailPine Ridge-no account filed
April 2004HailPine Ridge-no account filed
April 2003HailPine Ridge-no account filed
May 2003HailPine Ridge-no account filed
May 2003HailPine Ridge-no account filed
April 2002HailPine Ridge-no account filed
October 1999HailPine Ridge-no account filed
June 1998HailPine Ridge-no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindPine Ridge-no account filed
March 1996HailPine Ridge-no account filed
April 1995HailPine Ridge-no account filed
May 1995HailPine Ridge-no account filed
April 1993HailPine Ridge-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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
Huddleston3.4 miles15
Union Hill5.4 miles15
Sulphur Springs6.4 miles15
Alf7.0 miles15
Redbird (historical)7.1 miles15
Oden7.4 miles15
Hog Jaw8.2 miles15
Gaston8.5 miles15

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 RidgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7195309The 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.