Tilly, Arkansas
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 4. It lies in ZIP code area 72843. The Survey maps it on the Tilly quadrangle. It stands 1,946 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1879 USGS Washington quadrangle1:62500
- 1887 USGS Smyrna quadrangle1:62500
- 1889 USGS Marshall #3 quadrangle1:62500
- 1892 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1940 USGS Smyrna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Smyrna quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Smyrna NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Tilly quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
48 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Tilly between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,695 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2011 | Natural | 10 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | JACKSON |
| 7 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | JULY |
| 23 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 July 2012 | Natural | 19 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 June 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | FIT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tilly in 14 storm reports between 1994 and 2013: 7 thunderstorm wind, 7 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tilly | $5,000 | Trees were blown down along Arkansas 27. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tilly | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tilly | $1,000 | Dog kennels were blown across the highway. |
| February 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tilly | $50 | A fence was damaged when tree limbs fell across it. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tilly | - | Trees were blown down. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Tilly | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Tilly | - | no account filed |
| February 2008 | Hail | Tilly | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Tilly | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Tilly | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Tilly | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Tilly | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tilly | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tilly | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ella (historical) | 1.6 miles | 22 | |
| Raspberry | 5.9 miles | 22 | |
| Nogo | 6.0 miles | 22 | |
| Smyrna | 6.6 miles | 22 | |
| Northwood (historical) | 8.4 miles | 21 | |
| Gabriel (historical) | 9.4 miles | 21 | |
| Victor | 10.2 miles | 15 | |
| Lost Corner | 10.2 miles | 21 |
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 Tilly | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7802890 | The 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 73873. 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.















