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Scott, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It lies in ZIP code area 72142. The Survey maps it on the Scott quadrangle.

Scott within Lonoke County

On record in Scott

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 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

8 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Scott between 1997 and 2018, burning about 112 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
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
2 August 1997Debris and open burning20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 2016Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 June 2001Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 March 2006Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 March 2005Arson/incendiarism62 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 March 2001Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 January 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionPUL3131498

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lonoke County

Storms near this place

9 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scott in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 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
February 2011Tornado (EF1)Scott$75,000A tornado developed near the northwest side of Bearskin Lake. A large metal building had its doors blown in and one side of the structure was blown out. Shingles were blown off several houses. One shed was destroyed and the roof was blown off another. A number of trees were blown down.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindScott-Some large trees were blown down along Hwy. 161 near Scott.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindScott-Trees were blown down.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindScott-An awning was removed from a building and an irrigation pivot was overturned.
March 2006Tornado (F1)Scott-A weak tornado was spawned in southwestern Lonoke County about 4 miles southeast of Scott. The tornado overturned a recreational vehicle and damaged roofs on several homes. A few fences were blown down, and some trees were uprooted.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindScott-Thunderstorm winds, estimated at around 100 mph, caused damage to an irrigation system. Several sections of a center pivot were blown over and some wooden pallets were tossed into an open field.
March 1999HailScott-no account filed
March 1999Thunderstorm WindScott-no account filed
March 1999HailScott-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lonoke 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
Walkers Corner1.2 miles17
Country Club2.6 miles17
Hamiter2.8 miles17
Toltec3.8 miles17
Bevis Corner5.0 miles17
Willow Belle5.5 miles17
Wabbel5.9 miles17
Kerr6.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 54634. 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.