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Reform, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Holland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72122. It stands on Reform Point. The Survey maps it on the Paron quadrangle.

Reform within Saline County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

160 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Reform between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,424 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 78 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/incendiarism78
Debris and open burning27
Natural19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
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 1998Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1996Naturalunder an acreOuachita National ForestBEAR CREEK
30 September 2016Recreation and ceremony7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1997Natural10 acresOuachita National ForestREFORM
19 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2004Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saline County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Reform: 7 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Aluminum, Silica, Titanium, Quartz. 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
Kuhn MineQuartzProducer1987, 1989
Marler MineAluminum, SilicaUnknown
Richardson ProspectTitaniumProspect
Fairchild #1 ClaimSilicaUnknown
Hester ProspectSilicaUnknown
J.T.WillisSilicaUnknown
Lake Sylvia ProspectSilicaUnknown
Monro JohnsonSilicaUnknown
Ouachita National ForestSilicaUnknown

Every working recorded in Saline County

Storms near this place

8 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reform in 8 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 2009Flash FloodReform$850,000Elliott Trail and Vance Road were closed due to flooding. Flooding occurred on Arkansas Highway 5 near Bryant. Numerous county roads and bridges suffered damage. About 20 homes were damaged. A few houses were damaged by flooding in Bryant and Shannon Hills.
February 2011Tornado (EF1)Reform$50,000A tornado began in the Ouachita National Forest south of Lake Winona. The tornado traveled through the forest, knocking down trees, and moved into Perry County south-southwest of Williams Junction.
May 2013Tornado (EF1)Reform$25,000An EF1 tornado took part of the roof off a church and damaged the roofs of several nearby houses. The front of an old motor home was badly damaged by pieces of the church roof flying off. Several outbuildings were damaged or destroyed, and trees were blown down.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindReform$5,000Trees were blown down, blocking a Forest Service Road.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindReform$2,000Trees were blown down on the south side of Lake Winona.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindReform$1,000A tree was blown down, partially blocking Lake Winona Rd.
April 2025Tornado (EF1)Reform-This tornado began in a highly wooded and largely inaccessible area south of Lake Winona and continued northeast damaging many trees on the Lake Winona side of the community of Reform. The tornado continued northeast, primarily through wooded areas damaging many trees along its path. It eventually crossed over the Saline County line into Perry County. Within Saline County, there was a large swath of nearly continuous tree damage along the entire path of the tornado consistent with a high end EF-1 tornado, with peak estimated winds of 110 mph.
November 2011Heavy RainReform-The Alum Fork reporting station recorded the wettest November ever. Rainfall of 14.06 inches broke the record of 11.90 inches set in 2000.

Every storm recorded in Saline 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
Curtis (historical)3.6 miles15
Paron4.1 miles16
Electric (historical)5.6 miles14
Cold Springs (historical)7.1 miles14
Blocher8.1 miles14
Bland10.5 miles19
Rubicon11.5 miles15
Owensville12.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 73275. 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.