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Temperanceville, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Nashville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71852. The Survey maps it on the Mineral Springs North quadrangle.

Temperanceville within Howard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

43 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Temperanceville between 1993 and 2015, burning about 221 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 14 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
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use13 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2011Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.9 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Temperanceville: 18 unknowns, 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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
No NameClayPast Producer
Bobby Smith Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Howard County

Storms near this place

16 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Temperanceville in 16 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 6 flash flood, 5 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2023HailTemperanceville-Golf ball size hail reported around 4 miles northwest of Nashville.
May 2023Flash FloodTemperanceville-Multiple roads were flooded and closed in and near Nashville. Vehicles were stranded in high water.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindTemperanceville-Several trees downed near the Nashville Country Club on the west side of Nashville, and a portion of the Country Club's roof was also removed.
April 2020HailTemperanceville-Quarter size hail fell in Nashville.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindTemperanceville-Large trees were downed just west of Nashville.
July 2019Flash FloodTemperanceville-Several roads were underwater and closed in and near Nashville.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindTemperanceville-Trees were downed north and west of Nashville. Other trees were also downed across the county.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindTemperanceville-Power lines down on Mount Pleasant Drive.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindTemperanceville-A large tree was downed 2 miles north of Nashville, Arkansas.
April 2012HailTemperanceville-Dime to penny size hail falling on Mount Pleasant Road north of Nashville, Arkansas.
May 2009Flash FloodTemperanceville-Local radio station reporting that the flooding was becoming excessive with numerous road closures in town.
May 2009Flash FloodTemperanceville-Extensive flooding continuing with many city streets and secondary roads leading out of town flooded and closed.
August 2009Flash FloodTemperanceville-Water from excessive heavy rainfall covered multiple roads and filled parking lots in the city of Nashville, Arkansas.
April 2008Flash FloodTemperanceville-A bridge was washed out from excessive heavy rainfall at Ramage Road.
May 2014HailTemperanceville-no account filed
January 2011HailTemperanceville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Howard 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
Mount Olive (historical)1.9 miles14
Chapel Hill2.0 miles14
Nashville2.6 miles14
Amity (historical)3.0 miles14
Forgy (historical)3.6 miles14
Pump Springs (historical)3.7 miles12
Blue Bayou3.9 miles14
Wakefield (historical)4.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57204. 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.