Saddle, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Myatt Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72554. It stands on Mill Pond Branch. The Survey maps it on the Agnos quadrangle. It stands 486 feet above sea level.
On record in Saddle
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
Saddle Storelisted 2000
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Agnos quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Cherokee Village quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
84 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Saddle between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,407 acres in total. None started naturally. 23 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 burning | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 58 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Saddle: 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.
Storms near this place
11 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saddle in 11 storm reports between 2003 and 2018: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saddle | $5,000 | Large trees were uprooted around Saddle. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saddle | - | Large limbs were blown down in the area. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Saddle | - | Low water crossings across the area were flooded. |
| September 2006 | Tornado (F2) | Saddle | - | A strong tornado was spawned in eastern Fulton County. The tornado tracked from 5 miles east of Saddle to 7.5 miles southeast of Mammoth Spring. The tornado destroyed a home, and caused damage to several other homes. Hundreds of trees were downed, with one tree on a pickup truck. The tornado continued into northern Sharp County. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saddle | - | Some trees were knocked down. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Saddle | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Saddle | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Saddle | - | no account filed |
| February 2006 | Hail | Saddle | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Saddle | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Saddle | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| French | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Baker Ford | 4.4 miles | 7 | |
| Heart | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Agnos | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Kittle | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Many Islands | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Camp | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| King | 6.8 miles | 7 |
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 Saddle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7397680 | 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 58564. 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.




