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Sonora, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Springdale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72764. It lies near Harp Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Sonora quadrangle. It stands 981 feet above sea level.

Sonora within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

30 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Sonora between 1998 and 2020, burning about 174 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2012Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 July 2011Misuse of fire by a minor4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sonora: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

9 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sonora in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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
March 2015HailSonora$5,000no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindSonora-Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured to 62 mph.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindSonora-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped and uprooted multiple trees.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindSonora-Strong thunderstorm wind gusts blew down several trees.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindSonora-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a tree.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindSonora-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down numerous trees.
May 2022HailSonora-no account filed
April 2022HailSonora-no account filed
June 2008HailSonora-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Beav-O-Rama1.5 miles19
Rochelle Riviera1.6 miles19
Blue Springs Village1.7 miles19
Pilgrims Rest3.1 miles14
Habberton3.5 miles18
War Eagle Cove4.4 miles14
Springdale4.7 miles18
Goshen5.3 miles14

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 SonoraAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7562214The 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 55002. 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.