Salado, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Salado Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72501. It stands on Ladd Branch. The Survey maps it on the Salado quadrangle. 472 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 427 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1890 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1942 USGS Salado quadrangle1:24000
- 1942 USGS Salado quadrangle1:31680
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salado quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
52 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Salado between 1999 and 2020, burning about 694 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 42 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2000 | Natural | 18 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 2000 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Salado: 11 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenfield | Manganese | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Crusher #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rocky Point Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Salado in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salado | $25,000 | Trees and large limbs were blown down on Arkansas 14 from Salado to Rosie. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salado | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and destroyed an outbuilding. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Salado | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southside | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| McHue | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Rosie | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Rutherford | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Dennison Heights | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Clearview Estates | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Quail Valley | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Bryant | 4.6 miles | 18 |
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 Salado | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7403400 | 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 54483. 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.







