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Spadra, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Ward Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72830. It stands on Little Spadra Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clarksville quadrangle.

Spadra within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

49 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Spadra between 1998 and 2020, burning about 236 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2011Natural6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Spadra: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, 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
Arkansas Wild Rose Stone CoStone, DimensionPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
Johnson County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

5 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spadra in 5 storm reports between 2004 and 2014: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 4 injuries. 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
May 2011Tornado (EF3)New Spadra1 killed, 4 hurt, $13,000,000This tornado moved through Clarksville, causing extensive damage at the country club and to businesses and residences on the south and east sides of town. Initially, the entire city of Clarksville was without electricity. About 70% of electric customers had power restored by the end of the day on the 25th, but the hardest-hit areas lacked power for a week. In Clarksville, the tornado took a similar path to that of a tornado which occurred on April 7, 1980. After leaving Clarksville, the tornado moved off to the northeast passing between Strawberry and Chronister Store. A 65 year-old man was killed in the area of the Strawberry community when the tornado destroyed a small house on a goat farm. Altogether, at least 150 residences in Johnson County were damaged or destroyed. The tornado continued moving to the northeast, moving into the Ozark National Forest. Many trees were blown down, blocking roads in the forest. The tornado exited Johnson County south-southeast of Dillen and entered Pope County south-southwest of Bertha.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindNew Spadra$10,000Trees were blown down and construction barrels were scattered on Arkansas 109 on the south side of Clarskville.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindSpadra$10,000A few trees and power lines were down in the Spadra Community.
April 2004HailNew Spadra-no account filed
April 2004HailNew Spadra-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
New Spadra1.2 miles20
Jamestown2.0 miles20
Montana2.7 miles20
Shady Grove3.1 miles20
Clarksville3.5 miles20
Hoyt3.7 miles20
Bushtown (historical)4.0 miles20
Hinkle4.8 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58665. 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.