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Southside, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Bradley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72039. The Survey maps it on the Bee Branch quadrangle. 4,279 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Southside within Van Buren County

On record in Southside

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 12 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

39 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Southside between 1997 and 2020, burning about 819 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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 burning11
Arson/incendiarism11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural2

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
9 September 1999Debris and open burning40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Arson/incendiarism75 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionDOCS LANE
4 September 2000Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use55 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2011Arson/incendiarism70 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Van Buren 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 Southside: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Van Buren County

Storms near this place

16 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Southside in 16 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 5 hail, 5 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 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 2017Thunderstorm WindSouthside$5,000Roof damage was reported to a home.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindSouthside$5,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down some power lines.
September 2009Flash FloodSouthside$1,000U.S. Highway 65 north of Damascus was flooded.
September 2009Flash FloodSouthside$1,000Water was across Old Gin Road in Southside.
March 2023Heavy RainSouthside-The COOP observer reported 3.50 inches of rain.
February 2019Flash FloodSouthside-Flash flooding in southern Van Buren County, with several roads under water.
August 2017Flash FloodSouthside-Numerous roads around Damascus were underwater. Highway 65 was nearly covered in water as well.
November 2015Flash FloodSouthside-Numerous low water crossings were flooded.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindSouthside-Several trees and power lines were blown down throughout the county.
November 2005Tornado (F2)Southside-A strong tornado moved from Faulkner County into Van Buren County about 5 miles southwest of Southside. Winds were estimated at 140 mph. Damage along the path of the tornado consisted of numerous barns and outbuildings either damaged or destroyed. A number of cars were damaged, and a few were overturned. Several mobile homes were damaged or destroyed as well. Hundreds of trees were also knocked down. Numerous power lines and power poles were also blown down. The tornado dissipated about 6.5 miles north-northeast of Bee Branch.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindSouthside-Thunderstorm winds knocked down a few trees.
May 2018HailSouthside-no account filed
May 2018HailSouthside-no account filed
April 2009HailSouthside-no account filed
January 2000HailSouthside-no account filed
April 1996HailSouthside-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Van Buren 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
Bee Branch1.7 miles12
Gravesville3.4 miles12
Whipple3.8 miles12
Morganton4.2 miles12
Damascus4.2 miles13
Rabbit Ridge4.4 miles12
East Mountain (historical)4.6 miles12
Green Tree6.2 miles15

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 SouthsideAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7571035The 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 58664. 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.