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Toledo, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Smith Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71665. The Survey maps it on the Rison quadrangle.

Toledo within Cleveland County

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

52 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Toledo between 2001 and 2020, burning about 271 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined23
Debris and open burning16
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined13 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2015Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2007Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2006Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2011Natural4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cleveland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Toledo: 30 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
RisonIronUnknown
Cleveland County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cleveland County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Frank & Grady Wilson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cleveland County

Storms near this place

2 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Toledo in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2023: 2 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
May 2023Flash FloodToledo-A portion of Arkansas Highway 114 was closed due to high water.
June 2021Flash FloodToledo-The Cleveland County sheriff's department observed water across Highway 114 between Rison and Calmer.

Every storm recorded in Cleveland 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
Dwight (historical)2.6 miles12
Rison2.7 miles12
Unionville (historical)3.9 miles12
Pool (historical)4.2 miles12
Mount Elba5.2 miles12
Radway (historical)5.2 miles12
Canoe Landing5.6 miles12
Peace (historical)6.1 miles9

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 ToledoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q97169411The 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 57210. 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.