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Rondo, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Garland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71854. The Survey maps it on the Mandeville quadrangle.

Rondo within Miller County

On record in Rondo

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

7 surveys from 15 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

161 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Rondo between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,011 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 18 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
Debris and open burning68
Missing data/not specified/undetermined45
Arson/incendiarism18
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1

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
7 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRAY/GILLAM
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2015Debris and open burning1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE
4 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1 COUNTY ROAD 1329 ST
30 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miller County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Rondo: 12 past producers, 5 producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Hoot PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kennedy Sand & Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Putch Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
DickeyClayUnknown
GallagherClayPast Producer
Hutchinson PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Miller County

Storms near this place

3 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rondo in 3 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
March 2025Thunderstorm WindRondo-A measured wind gust of 61 mph was recorded along Meadows Road in Texarkana.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindRondo-Trees downed throughout parts of Miller County.
February 2023FloodRondo-Flooding reported on US Highway 82.

Every storm recorded in Miller 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
Lakewood Estates1.8 miles15
Gertrude2.5 miles15
Mandeville2.7 miles15
Texarkana3.2 miles21
Wona (historical)3.8 miles15
Paup4.4 miles17
Mount Pleasant4.7 miles15
Genoa5.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58517. 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.