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Preston Place, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1990. It stands in St. Francis Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72342. The Survey maps it on the Friars Point NW quadrangle.

Preston Place within Phillips County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

2 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Preston Place in 2000, burning about 80 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
17 September 2000Arson/incendiarism60 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2000Debris and open burning20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Phillips County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Preston Place: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Helena RevetmentSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Miss River PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Phillips Cnty Hiwy DeptSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
ThompsonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Phillips County

Storms near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Preston Place in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
August 2017Tornado (EF0)Preston Place$15,000A weak tornado touched down south of Helena-West Helena and caused some minor damage to a house. Peak winds were estimated at 75 mph.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindPreston Place-A shop was blown over and trucks overturned on a lot in the area of Hwy 242 and Hwy 44 area.
February 2008Tornado (EF0)Preston Place-A weak tornado briefly touched down in Eastern Phillips County.

Every storm recorded in Phillips 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
Helena Crossing2.3 miles16
Midland Heights4.3 miles16
Huma4.4 miles16
Oak Forest4.4 miles16
Helena4.6 miles16
Helena-West Helena4.7 miles16
West Helena5.2 miles16
Holiday Hills5.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58428. 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.