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Princeton, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Princeton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71725. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Princeton East quadrangle. 13 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 276 feet above sea level.

Princeton within Dallas County

On record in Princeton

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 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

55 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Princeton between 1997 and 2020, burning about 542 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined15
Natural12
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionDAL22268692
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Natural25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Natural6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Natural10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Natural5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Princeton: 5 unknowns. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

16 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Princeton in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 hail, 2 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 2010Thunderstorm WindPrinceton$5,000Trees and power lines were reported down east of Manning on Arkansas Highway 8.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindPrinceton$1,000A tree was down on Dallas County Road 103 at Jones Rogers Road.
May 2023Flash FloodPrinceton-Arkansas Highway 9 near Princeton was closed due to high water over the roadway. Several rural roads also water covered near the community of Willow just north of Princeton.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindPrinceton-An NWS storm survey indicated damage in and near Princeton was the result of straight-line winds. Winds were estimated to be 80 to 90 mph. This damage consisted mainly of trees uprooted or snapped.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindPrinceton-Several trees were blown down along Highway 8 near Princeton.
May 2015Flash FloodPrinceton-Parts of Highways 8 and 9 were closed due to flooding in the Princeton area.
May 2006Tornado (F0)Princeton-A weak tornado was spawned in areas around Princeton in Dallas County. The tornado knocked tops out of trees and downed several trees. A large pine tree fell into a storeroom at a local store.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindPrinceton-Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindPrinceton-Thunderstorm winds knocked over several trees at Princeton.
October 2004Tornado (F0)Princeton-A weak tornado touched down very briefly to the northeast of Princeton. The only damage noted along the path of the tornado were a few trees pushed over in a heavily wooded area.
May 2003Tornado (F2)Princeton-A strong tornado touched down over northern Dallas County about 3.5 miles southwest of Princeton. The tornado tracked to the northeast, downing numerous trees and damaging the roofs of several homes. The tornado moved across the northern part of Farindale, where several more homes were damaged. The tornado continued moving northeast into southern Grant County.
May 2006HailPrinceton-no account filed
January 1999Tornado (F3)Princeton-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindPrinceton-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindPrinceton-no account filed
April 1996HailPrinceton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Cruse (historical)2.9 miles16
Welchs Shop (historical)3.4 miles8
Wave4.6 miles8
Jacinto5.4 miles16
Nix (historical)6.5 miles16
Eagletie6.9 miles16
Bunn7.0 miles9
Tulip7.1 miles8

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 PrincetonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7244920The 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 58432. 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.