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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.

Salus within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 13 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

38 since 1995

Regional 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/incendiarism21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Smoking1
Other causes1
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 1999Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2001Arson/incendiarism10 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsHORSEWATER
3 August 2012Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsGOBBLER'S KNOB #2
22 August 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsGOBBLER'S KNOB
12 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsMCANALLY
5 July 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 April 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsDOGWOOD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

4 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2024Tornado (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 2000Thunderstorm WindSalus-no account filed
May 2000Flash FloodSalus-no account filed
March 1997HailSalus-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
Rosetta3.6 miles13
Garber5.0 miles13
Hickory Flat5.8 miles13
Ozone6.5 miles13
Farris Springs6.7 miles13
Gillian Settlement6.8 miles13
Catalpa6.9 miles10
Poyner (historical)8.4 miles13

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.