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Pinnacle, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Big Rock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72135. It stands on Nowlin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pinnacle Mountain quadrangle.

Pinnacle within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 20 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

63 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Pinnacle between 1997 and 2019, burning about 684 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Debris and open burning15
Recreation and ceremony10
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2010Arson/incendiarism114 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2001Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski 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 Pinnacle: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Copper. 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
Big Bear Mining Co.CopperUnknown
H. J. White ProspectSilicaUnknown

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

23 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pinnacle in 23 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 11 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 2014Flash FloodPinnacle$200,000Flash flooding occurred at a number of locations in Little Rock, North Little Rock, and Sherwood. Some water rescues were necessary. Water flowed into one building at Pulaski Technical College in North Little Rock.
December 2013Flash FloodPinnacle$100,000A number of roads in Pulaski County were flooded, including areas north of Little Rock Air Force Base; Sherwood; North Little Rock; and downtown, west, and southwest Little Rock.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindPinnacle$15,000Large sections of a roof were ripped off from a home on Barrett Road in Western Pulaski County.
June 2013Flash FloodPinnacle$1,000Some streets were flooded in Little Rock.
January 2024HailPinnacle-Quarter-sized hail fell per a NWS employee near the vicinity of Pinnacle, AR.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPinnacle-Trees uprooted near the community of Pinnacle via mPING.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindPinnacle-A tree was downed on Chalamont Drive.
June 2021Flash FloodPinnacle-Video showed flash flooding near Cantrell Rd. and Chenal Parkway.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindPinnacle-A large electrical transmission tower was blown over, and power lines were blown down as well.
May 2017Flash FloodPinnacle-Training thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall which caused flash flooding to occur at the intersection of Chenonceau Boulevard and Aberdeen Drive in West Little Rock.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindPinnacle-Trees were blown down on Arkansas Highway 10 near Lake Maumelle.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindPinnacle-Large pine tree snapped.
June 2021HailPinnacle-no account filed
April 2015HailPinnacle-no account filed
April 2015HailPinnacle-no account filed
April 2009HailPinnacle-no account filed
April 2007HailPinnacle-no account filed
April 2007HailPinnacle-no account filed
April 2007HailPinnacle-no account filed
April 2007HailPinnacle-no account filed
April 2007HailPinnacle-no account filed
April 2007HailPinnacle-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindPinnacle-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pulaski 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
Natural Steps2.8 miles20
Northpoint3.0 miles16
Maumelle Station3.0 miles20
Ivesville3.8 miles20
Secluded Hills3.8 miles20
Candlewood3.9 miles20
Hickory Hills4.3 miles20
Pankey4.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58388. 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.