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Tarry, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bartholomew Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71667. The Survey maps it on the Tarry quadrangle.

Tarry within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

47 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Tarry between 2001 and 2020, burning about 486 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
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
13 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2010Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2006Natural10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 July 2008Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

7 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tarry in 7 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. 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
September 2008Flash FloodTarry$200,000Flooding occurred across the county.
November 1993Thunderstorm WindTarry$50,000Several homes sustained some roof damage in Tarry.
January 2013Flash FloodTarry$48,000Approximate 98% of the county roads had wash-outs on them. Water was still over many roads on the 15th, with three roads still closed. The county declared a disaster.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindTarry$20,000A large tree was blown down onto U.S. 425, blocking the highway. The tree fell on a vehicle, but its occupants were not injured.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindTarry-Trees were blown down on Amherst Rd. north of Star City. The report was relayed by south Arkansas Weather social media account.
May 2011HailTarry-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindTarry-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Yorktown4.0 miles15
Whitefield4.6 miles15
Villa Vale (historical)4.7 miles16
Phenix4.8 miles15
Nebo5.2 miles15
Shannon Tank6.6 miles15
Grady7.5 miles15
Feenyville7.7 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 55438. 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.