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Saltillo, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Palarm Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72032. It stands on Panther Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hamlet quadrangle.

Saltillo within Faulkner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 12 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

91 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Saltillo between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,594 acres in total. 2 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 burning38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Arson/incendiarism18
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2000Smoking3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Debris and open burning15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Faulkner County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Saltillo: 1 past producer. 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, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Faulkner County

Storms near this place

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saltillo in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 2010LightningSaltillo$50,000A tree and a power line fell on a house due to lightning. The house suffered a partial collapse.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindSaltillo$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and power lines.
January 2024HailSaltillo-Nickel sized hail fell in the town of Satillo, AR.
July 2022HailSaltillo-Quarter sized hail fell on Molly Dr. near Conway.
May 2019Flash FloodSaltillo-Flash flooding was reported on Otto Rd. in Vilonia.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindSaltillo-Trees were blown down.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindSaltillo-Trees and power lines were down.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindSaltillo-Thunderstorm winds downed some trees.
May 2003Tornado (F3)Saltillo-A strong tornado touched down in the southern part of Faulkner County, about 3 miles southwest of Saltillo. The tornado caused quite a bit of tree and power pole damage. Several homes and other buildings sustained some damage The tornado tracked to the northeast into Lonoke County.
April 2015HailSaltillo-no account filed
March 2000HailSaltillo-no account filed
March 2000HailSaltillo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Faulkner 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
Gold Lake Estates3.4 miles13
Chadwick (historical)3.5 miles17
Hamlet3.7 miles12
Caney3.9 miles13
Brockington Corner4.3 miles17
Sunny Gap (historical)4.7 miles12
Gold Creek4.8 miles13
Preston5.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78288. 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.