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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 16 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.
- 1937 USGS Stuttgart quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1939 USGS Stuttgart quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Slovak quadrangle1:24000
- 1971 USGS Stuttgart quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Slovak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2000Regional 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 burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 98 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
23 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slovak | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and damaged several roofs. |
| March 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Slovak | $15,000 | This 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 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Slovak | $5,000 | A 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 2024 | Hail | Slovak | - | Softball-sized hail fell in the town of Slovak. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Slovak | - | At least quarter size hail was reported at Slovak. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (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 2008 | Hail | Slovak | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported at Stuttgart Airport. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slovak | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some power lines. |
| February 2001 | Tornado (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 1997 | Hail | Slovak | - | Hail up to one inch in diameter damaged some crops at Slovak. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Slovak | - | Hail up to nickel-size damaged some crops near Slovak. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Slovak | - | Hail up to one-inch-diameter damaged some crops. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slovak | - | Thunderstorm winds damaged the roof of several buildings. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Slovak | - | no account filed |
| January 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Slovak | - | no account filed |
| January 2012 | Hail | Slovak | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Slovak | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Slovak | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Hail | Slovak | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Slovak | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Slovak | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slovak | - | no account filed |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Slovak | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovaktown (historical) | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Nahay (historical) | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| La Grue (historical) | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Balle (historical) | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Fairmount | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Kay | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Spear (historical) | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Beecher (historical) | 5.5 miles | 15 |
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 Slovak | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7541512 | The 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.











