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Smith, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1989. It stands in El Dorado Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71730. The Survey maps it on the El Dorado West quadrangle.

Smith within Union County

On record in Smith

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

118 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Smith between 1999 and 2020, burning about 621 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 12 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
Debris and open burning40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural10
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2

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
6 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2015Debris and open burning30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2015Debris and open burning25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Smith: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Bromine, Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
El Dorado Sulphur PlantSulfurProducer
Michigan Bromine Plant & MineBromineProducer

Every working recorded in Union County

Storms near this place

10 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smith in 10 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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
April 2023HailSmith-Dime to quarter size hail fell just south of El Dorado.
July 2023Flash FloodSmith-The eastbound lane of Strong Highway was flooded.
April 2022HailSmith-Quarter size hail fell near the intersection of Iron Mountain Road and Highway 167 south of El Dorado.
July 2022Flash FloodSmith-Multiple pictures were posted to social media of much of Iron Mountain Road in front of Tony's Cycle Shop was washed away.
April 2021HailSmith-Quarter size hail fell several miles southeast of El Dorado.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindSmith-Damaging winds caused significant damage to a grocery store at the intersection of Highway 167 and Iron Mountain Road.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindSmith-Trees were downed along Iron Mountain Road southeast of El Dorado.
May 2016HailSmith-Golfball size hail fell on Hibanks Road southeast of El Dorado.
March 2014HailSmith-Half dollar size hail fell on South Jackson Avenue near Hwy. 167 south of El Dorado.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindSmith-Trees were downed along Hwy. 167 between South Jackson Avenue and Iron Mountain Road.

Every storm recorded in Union 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
Lamberton1.2 miles18
Cargile1.5 miles19
Catesville2.3 miles18
Pickering3.2 miles19
Foster Hill4.1 miles18
Parkers Chapel4.5 miles19
El Dorado5.0 miles19
Newell5.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58640. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.