Salus, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72854. It lies near Devils Knob. The Survey maps it on the Ozone quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 13 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.
- 1889 USGS Ozone quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Ozone quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Ozone quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Ozone quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
38 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Salus between 1995 and 2018, burning about 224 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 21 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/incendiarism | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | HORSEWATER |
| 3 August 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | GOBBLER'S KNOB #2 |
| 22 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | GOBBLER'S KNOB |
| 12 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | MCANALLY |
| 5 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 April 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | DOGWOOD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Salus in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Salus | - | Radar confirmed tornado just west of Salus via tornado debris signature (TDS) on KSRX, KSGF, and KLZK radars. This tornado likely formed just east of Moon Hull Mountain Road in northern Johnson County southwest of Salus, moving northeast over the Mulberry River crossing into southern Newton County. |
| January 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salus | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Flash Flood | Salus | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Salus | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosetta | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Garber | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Hickory Flat | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Ozone | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Farris Springs | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Gillian Settlement | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Catalpa | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Poyner (historical) | 8.4 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 73469. 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.
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.









