Retta, Arkansas
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 4. It lies in ZIP code area 72843. It lies near Crouch Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Solo quadrangle. It stands 676 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1879 USGS Washington quadrangle1:62500
- 1887 USGS Smyrna quadrangle1:62500
- 1889 USGS Marshall #3 quadrangle1:62500
- 1892 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1940 USGS Smyrna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Smyrna quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Smyrna SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Solo quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
46 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Retta between 1995 and 2020, burning about 844 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 14 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/incendiarism | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | CLUB RICK |
| 30 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | MILL CREEK |
| 27 August 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | GOOCH'S CHAPEL |
| 26 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | WHITE OAK |
| 2 August 1998 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | GOING HOME |
| 30 July 2011 | Natural | 5.3 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | CLUB ROCK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Retta in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Retta | - | This tornado began near the Highway 27 bridge over the Middle Fork of Illinois Bayou. It uprooted and snapped several trees. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Retta | - | Trees were blown down near the intersection of State Hwy 27 and Lindsey Motorway. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Grove | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Hector | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Boiling Springs (historical) | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Laurel (historical) | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Leta (historical) | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Solo | 4.9 miles | 21 | |
| Tag | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Welcome | 5.2 miles | 16 |
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 Retta | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7317111 | The 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 73278. 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.















