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South Bend, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Gray Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72076. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville quadrangle.

South Bend within Lonoke County

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

18 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of South Bend between 1999 and 2017, burning about 359 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
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2004Debris and open burning13 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2004Debris and open burning77 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2006Arson/incendiarism73 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 June 2012Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lonoke County

Storms near this place

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Bend in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 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
March 2023Tornado (EF2)South Bend$4,290,000This tornado continued from Pulaski County into Lonoke County|within Holland Bottoms State Wildlife Area west of Kerr Station Road. Many trees|were snapped or uprooted in this wildlife area. ||The tornado exited the wildlife area into the Parnell community, with more|roofs damaged and some garages destroyed along Oliver Lane. The|tornado crossed Arkansas Highway 89 near Russell Road, destroying a|mobile home. The tornado continued into some more rural areas of|southeast Cabot, with some damage to a few homes and several more|trees uprooted or snapped. The tornado finally lifted between|Arkansas Highway 321 and Campground Road west of Laser Lane. This tornado was rated an EF2 with maximum estimated winds of 132 mph within Lonoke County. This tornado tracked for a total distance of 34.2 miles across two counties.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindSouth Bend$250,000A metal canopy at a convenience store was lifted up by the wind and landed on the roof of the store. Roof damage occurred on several homes. A fence was blown down. Numerous trees were blown down, as were power lines. Arkansas Highway 294 was blocked by the fallen trees. One tree fell on a mobile home. During the clean-up process, a man was badly injured on Jarry Lane when a tree fell on him. The man had to be airlifted to a hospital. This was an indirect injury.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindSouth Bend$50,000Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees and power lines.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindSouth Bend$2,000A large tree was blown down, blocking Arkansas Highway 236.
April 2025HailSouth Bend-Lime-sized hail (2 inches) fell near the Hoover Addition neighborhood as reported by KARK news.
March 2021HailSouth Bend-Ping pong ball sized hail was observed in South Bend.
March 2021HailSouth Bend-Large apple sized hail was measured using a tape measure.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindSouth Bend-A tree was down on a house on Bowen Rd. near Furlow.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSouth Bend-A tree was blown down along John Shelton Road between Long Ln. and Monkey Ln.
August 2012Heavy RainSouth Bend-Rainfall measured 2.70 inches in 3 hours.
April 2023HailSouth Bend-no account filed
April 2011HailSouth Bend-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
Kerr3.8 miles19
Furlow4.0 miles15
Hoover Addition4.0 miles19
Camilla (historical)4.0 miles19
Tower Hill Addition4.5 miles14
Bailey Estates4.6 miles19
Meto (historical)4.8 miles19
Meto5.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 61337. 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.