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Slovak, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Tyler Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72160. The Survey maps it on the Slovak quadrangle. It stands 220 feet above sea level.

Slovak within Prairie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 16 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

3 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Slovak between 2000 and 2015, burning about 139 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning3

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
30 September 2000Debris and open burning98 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2015Debris and open burning25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2008Debris and open burning16 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Prairie County

Storms near this place

23 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Slovak in 23 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 13 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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
June 1994Thunderstorm WindSlovak$50,000Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and damaged several roofs.
March 2019Tornado (EF1)Slovak$15,000This tornado continued northeast out of Lonoke County into rural southwest Prairie county, uprooting some trees along the path. Near the end of the path, metal roofing material was removed from a metal farm building along South Lisko Road.
July 2010Tornado (EF0)Slovak$5,000A brief, weak tornado damaged the roof of a shop building and blew one of the building's doors in, blew small trees down, blew around a small boat and some lawn furniture, and damaged a dog pen.
May 2024HailSlovak-Softball-sized hail fell in the town of Slovak.
June 2020HailSlovak-At least quarter size hail was reported at Slovak.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Slovak-A weak EF0 tornado was confirmed near Slovak from thunderstorms that occurred Saturday evening. Damage was minimal as the tornado remained over mostly farmland.
February 2008HailSlovak-Golf ball sized hail was reported at Stuttgart Airport.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindSlovak-Thunderstorm winds downed some power lines.
February 2001Tornado (F2)Slovak-A strong tornado was spawned in southwest Prairie County about 3 miles northwest of Slovak. The tornado moved quickly northeast, and destroyed several metal farm shops and an outbuilding. The tornado also tipped over a recreational vehicle, removed tin from barns and sheds, and removed roof shingles from a few homes. Finally, at least a half dozen transmission towers were damaged, some heavily. The tornado travelled about 12.7 miles before dissipating 1 mile southeast of DeValls Bluff.
May 1997HailSlovak-Hail up to one inch in diameter damaged some crops at Slovak.
June 1995HailSlovak-Hail up to nickel-size damaged some crops near Slovak.
April 1995HailSlovak-Hail up to one-inch-diameter damaged some crops.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindSlovak-Thunderstorm winds damaged the roof of several buildings.
April 2013HailSlovak-no account filed
January 2012Funnel CloudSlovak-no account filed
January 2012HailSlovak-no account filed
June 2005HailSlovak-no account filed
April 2003HailSlovak-no account filed
February 2000HailSlovak-no account filed
April 2000HailSlovak-no account filed
May 2000HailSlovak-no account filed
April 1999Thunderstorm WindSlovak-no account filed
January 1996Thunderstorm WindSlovak-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Prairie 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
Slovaktown (historical)1.0 miles16
Nahay (historical)2.0 miles16
La Grue (historical)2.5 miles16
Balle (historical)3.1 miles16
Fairmount3.8 miles15
Kay4.1 miles15
Spear (historical)4.2 miles16
Beecher (historical)5.5 miles15

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 SlovakAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7541512The 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 54915. 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.