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Thida, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72165. The Survey maps it on the Olyphant quadrangle. It stands 295 feet above sea level.

Thida within Independence County

On record in Thida

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

7 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

81 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Thida between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,905 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 41 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/incendiarism41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Debris and open burning13
Smoking3
Natural1

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 burning50 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2014Arson/incendiarism12 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionIND28418867
4 September 2000Arson/incendiarism35 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1999Smoking40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Arson/incendiarism40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Independence 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 Thida: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Collier PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Independence County

Storms near this place

9 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thida in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2005: 4 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 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
April 2003Flash FloodThida-Heavy rains caused flash flooding to occur in and around Thida. Several area roads were under water.
May 2000Tornado (F1)Thida-A weak tornado affected areas near Thida in Independence County. The tornado touched down briefly, but caused quite a bit of structural damage. The roofs and underpinnings of two mobile homes were damaged. A third mobile home had similar damage, and its porch was thrown onto a car. A metal building housing an auto repair shop was badly damaged. Eight cars were damaged inside and outside the shop. A farm shed was also damaged and a barn was destroyed. A cattle feeder was thrown into a pond and trees and power lines were downed. Witnesses saw a cow lifted about 20 feet into the air by the tornado.
November 2005HailThida-no account filed
July 2004Flash FloodThida-no account filed
March 2003HailThida-no account filed
April 2003HailThida-no account filed
April 2003HailThida-no account filed
January 1999Tornado (F1)Thida-no account filed
July 1998Flash FloodThida-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Independence 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
Departe (historical)2.0 miles15
Bailey2.2 miles12
Union Hill3.1 miles15
Oil Trough4.2 miles14
Dunnington4.6 miles14
Maple Springs4.7 miles17
Elmo5.8 miles12
Akron (historical)6.7 miles14

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 ThidaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7783958The 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 58739. 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.