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Pulaski, Arkansas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Big Rock Township. It lies near Big Rock Mountain. The Survey maps it on the North Little Rock quadrangle.

Pulaski within Pulaski County

On record in Pulaski

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

14 surveys from 21 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

21 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Pulaski between 1998 and 2018, burning about 92 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
Arson/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
11 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 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

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Pulaski: 8 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 past producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Vermiculite. 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
Arkansas Calcine MillClayProducer
Construction Products DivisionVermiculiteProducer
Little Rock PlantAluminum, ClayUnknown
Rauch MineAluminumPast Producer
Big Sandy No. 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
North Little Rock Plant and DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Arch Street PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Big Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Cabot QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

24 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pulaski in 24 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 4 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 2 injuries. 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 2008LightningPulaski1 killed, 2 hurtA 17 year-old male was stuck and killed by lightning while standing under a large pine tree in the 1800 block of South Jackson Street (about 3 miles west-southwest of downtown Little Rock). Males 13 and 14 years old were injured. The lightning strike occurred just as the storm was moving into the area. Lightning detection equipment showed very few cloud-to-ground strikes with this particular storm.
October 2009Flash FloodPulaski$600,000A concrete-lined drainage ditch along MacArthur Drive caved in. The parking lot outside of a hardware store subsequently caved in and flooding damaged merchandise stacked outside the store. On the other side of the ditch, about a dozen cars were flooded outside a pawn shop and one of the cars floated down the ditch. Condominiums on Scenic Hill were damaged when water flowed down the hill and into the residences. Several other homes were damaged by overflowing drainage ditches. The railroad underpass at Pershing Blvd. and Percy Machin Dr. had several feet of water in it and two cars were submerged in the water. Water entered apartments at Silver City Courts.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindPulaski$50,000Pictures were received of large trees that were blown over on Cedar Hill Rd., one of which was fallen on a house. The house did not appear to be significantly damaged. The time is based on radar data.
August 2013FloodPulaski$40,000Heavy rain caused some street flooding in the area around downtown Little Rock. The rain gauge at the Little Rock airport recorded 0.89 inch of rain between 5:01 and 5:14 PM CDT.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindPulaski$5,000A strong outflow boundary moved through Little Rock. A tree was down on Harrison Street. Trees were blown down on Pecan and Loma Streets.
April 2025Flash FloodPulaski-Numerous roads were flooded in Little Rock.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindPulaski-A tree was blown down on a house.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindPulaski-Several trees were blown down onto South Maple Street, South Oak Street, and West Charles Bussey Avenue.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindPulaski-A large tree was blown down in the neighborhood of Pulaski Heights in the Little Rock metro.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindPulaski-A large tree fell at the Arkansas Cooperative Extensive in the southwestern side of Little Rock.
March 2023Flash FloodPulaski-Numerous roads flooded near the UALR Campus.
April 2021HailPulaski-Quarter inch hail was observed.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindPulaski-A report was received of trees down near the intersection of Cantrell Rd. and Cedar Hill Rd.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindPulaski-Numerous trees and power lines were down.
August 2019Flash FloodPulaski-Several high water rescues were performed across Little Rock due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
February 2019Thunderstorm WindPulaski-A large tree was blown down on a home on the west side of Little Rock.
February 2019Thunderstorm WindPulaski-Trees and power lines were blown down on Fair Park Blvd and South 18th Street.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindPulaski-A large tree was blown down in the Hillcrest area.
April 2011HailPulaski-The hail fell on Asher Ave.
June 2010Flash FloodPulaski-University Ave. was flooded underneath Interstate 630.
September 2009Flash FloodPulaski-The intersection of Rebsamen Park Road and Cedar Hill Road was flooded and impassable.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindPulaski-Large trees were down on both sides of the road on Cantrell Hill.
April 2007HailPulaski-no account filed
November 2006HailPulaski-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
Pulaski Heights0.9 miles21
North Oaks1.5 miles21
Little Rock1.9 miles26
Oak Forest2.1 miles26
Cammack Village2.2 miles21
Levy2.3 miles21
North Little Rock2.3 miles21
Arrowhead Manor2.5 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58443. 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.