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Rodney, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 11. It lies in ZIP code area 72519. The Survey maps it on the Norfork Dam South quadrangle.

Rodney within Baxter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

156 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Rodney between 1997 and 2020, burning about 5,457 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 56 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/incendiarism56
Debris and open burning49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural3
Smoking1
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
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2011Smoking6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2004Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baxter County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rodney: 2 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

Every working recorded in Baxter County

Storms near this place

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rodney in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
July 2018Thunderstorm WindRodney$5,000Several large tree limbs were snapped off and an unanchored boat sustained some minor damage.
March 2023Heavy RainRodney-The COOP observer reported 2.72 inches of rain.
August 2019HailRodney-Hail accumulated and covered the ground completely.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindRodney-Multiple tree limbs were blown down.
April 2016HailRodney-Quarter sized hail at Jordan Marina was covering the ground with numerous golf ball sized hail stones observed as well.
April 2008HailRodney-Nickel sized hail occurred at Jordan Marina.
August 2017HailRodney-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Baxter 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
Covey (historical)0.8 miles18
Jordan1.4 miles19
Hand (historical)2.9 miles18
Woods Point Landing3.6 miles18
Timber Lake Manor4.1 miles18
Spencer (historical)4.5 miles18
Hopewell4.5 miles19
Wake (historical)5.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 73367. 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.