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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1891 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Camp Pike quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1999Regional 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 burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 77 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 73 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 June 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Tornado (EF2) | South Bend | $4,290,000 | This 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Bend | $250,000 | A 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Bend | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down some trees and power lines. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Bend | $2,000 | A large tree was blown down, blocking Arkansas Highway 236. |
| April 2025 | Hail | South Bend | - | Lime-sized hail (2 inches) fell near the Hoover Addition neighborhood as reported by KARK news. |
| March 2021 | Hail | South Bend | - | Ping pong ball sized hail was observed in South Bend. |
| March 2021 | Hail | South Bend | - | Large apple sized hail was measured using a tape measure. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Bend | - | A tree was down on a house on Bowen Rd. near Furlow. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Bend | - | A tree was blown down along John Shelton Road between Long Ln. and Monkey Ln. |
| August 2012 | Heavy Rain | South Bend | - | Rainfall measured 2.70 inches in 3 hours. |
| April 2023 | Hail | South Bend | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | South Bend | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerr | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Furlow | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Hoover Addition | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Camilla (historical) | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Tower Hill Addition | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Bailey Estates | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Meto (historical) | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Meto | 5.0 miles | 15 |
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.










