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Story, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Washita Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71970. It stands on Muddy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Story quadrangle. It stands 702 feet above sea level.

Story within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

51 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Story between 1995 and 2018, burning about 592 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 9 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
Natural15
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Fireworks2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOuachita National ForestSTORY
26 September 2017Natural8.8 acresOuachita National ForestMCGILL MOUNTAIN
20 September 2000Smokingunder an acreOuachita National ForestBIG BRANCH
2 September 2007Natural12 acresOuachita National ForestLAKESIDE
2 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2005Natural2.6 acresOuachita National ForestBULLINS CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery 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 Story: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Quartz. 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
George Shieffield No. 2 MineQuartzUnknown
Oden MineQuartzProducer1986

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

24 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Story in 24 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 11 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood. 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
April 2011Thunderstorm WindStory$10,000Trees were blown down on Arkansas Highway 27.
March 2024HailStory-Ping-pong ball sized hail fell in the community of Story.
August 2024HailStory-Golf ball sized hail fell near the community of Story.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindStory-Trees were blown down in Story.
June 2022Flash FloodStory-Muddy Creek was flowing over Highway 298 in Story.
August 2020Flash FloodStory-Water was over the road on Hwy. 298 at Story and several locations on Hwy. 270.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindStory-Ten trees were down at the Hwy. 27 Fishing Village.
April 2010HailStory-Golf ball size hail fell on Arkansas Highway 27.
July 2008Flash FloodStory-Several roads were flooded.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindStory-Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees and damaged the roofs of a few buildings. A couple of trees fell on some homes causing roof damage. A tin roof was removed from a storage building.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindStory-Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees.
November 1995Thunderstorm WindStory-Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
April 2022HailStory-no account filed
March 2008HailStory-no account filed
April 2006HailStory-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindStory-no account filed
February 2000Thunderstorm WindStory-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindStory-no account filed
May 1998HailStory-no account filed
April 1998HailStory-no account filed
October 1996HailStory-no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindStory-no account filed
October 1995HailStory-no account filed
November 1995HailStory-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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
Washita2.9 miles15
Fannie3.6 miles14
Liberty3.9 miles14
Little Fir Landing4.9 miles14
Buddys Landing4.9 miles15
Gibbs5.8 miles15
Ruble6.4 miles15
Rubie6.5 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 StoryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7620357The 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 73729. 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.