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Prim, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Township 1. It lies in ZIP code area 72044. It lies near Round Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Prim quadrangle. It stands 1,214 feet above sea level.

Prim within Cleburne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

46 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Prim between 1999 and 2019, burning about 726 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 18 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/incendiarism18
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
18 September 2015Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2000Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2001Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2006Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2012Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2012Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 2011Natural7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2011Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cleburne County

Storms near this place

18 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prim in 18 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 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
May 2011FloodPrim$2,000,000Some of the campsites around Greers Ferry Lake were closed due to flooding.
April 2011FloodPrim$1,000,000Widespread areal flooding occurred.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindPrim$250,000A chicken house was destroyed.
May 2013Flash FloodPrim$250,000Heavy rain caused considerable damage to county roads and bridges.
February 2022Thunderstorm WindPrim-Several trees were down across northern parts of Cleburne County.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindPrim-A tree was blown down near Prim.
April 2008Flash FloodPrim-Arkansas Highway 263 was impassible due to flash flooding.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindPrim-A few small trees were downed.
November 2005Tornado (F0)Prim-A weak tornado was spawned in northwestern Cleburne County roughly 3 miles east-southeast of Prim. The tornado tracked to the northeast, and heavily damaged a barn. Part of the roof of a chicken house was partially removed, with trees downed as well. The tornado dissipated 3.1 miles east of Prim.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindPrim-Thunderstorm winds downed some large tree limbs.
May 1997HailPrim-Hail up to one inch in diameter damaged a vehicle.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindPrim-Thunderstorm winds damaged several buildings.
May 2014HailPrim-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindPrim-no account filed
April 2003HailPrim-no account filed
May 1998HailPrim-no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindPrim-no account filed
March 1996Thunderstorm WindPrim-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cleburne 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
Everett (historical)1.7 miles15
Woodrow2.6 miles15
Brewer4.1 miles16
Sunny Slope4.8 miles16
Sandiff6.9 miles16
Brownsville7.0 miles16
Edgemont7.9 miles15
Fivemile8.0 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 PrimAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7242999The 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 53799. 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.