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Toltec, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Williams Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72142. The Survey maps it on the Scott quadrangle.

Toltec within Lonoke County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

8 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Toltec between 1997 and 2018, burning about 116 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning2

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
27 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1997Debris and open burning20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 July 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 May 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 March 2006Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 March 2005Arson/incendiarism62 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 March 2001Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lonoke County

Storms near this place

13 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Toltec in 13 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 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
March 2019Tornado (EF1)Toltec$60,000This tornado continued into Lonoke County from Pulaski County to the southwest. This tornado destroyed another mobile home off of Bobby Jones Road, then progressed northeast uprooting or snapping trees. Near the end of the tornado path, some minor damage was observed to a site-built home off of Stewart Road.
August 2012Flash FloodToltec$50,000Several roads went underwater and had to be barricaded. Portions of Arkansas 13, 15, and 31 flooded. Several homes and one church on U.S. 165 had water up to their doors. Schools in England were dismissed early due to hazardous road conditions.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindToltec-Numerous trees and powerlines were blown down between Scott and Keo along Toltec Road.
March 2021HailToltec-This was the average hail size.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindToltec-A large tree was blown over and blocking Stewart Rd.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindToltec-Winds were estimated at 60 mph near Toltec Mounds State Park.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindToltec-Trees were down.
August 2008HailToltec-Hail fell near Toltec Mounds State Park.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindToltec-A report was received of several trees and awnings down along U.S. Highway 165.
April 2015HailToltec-no account filed
May 2008HailToltec-no account filed
May 2006HailToltec-no account filed
February 2000Thunderstorm WindToltec-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lonoke 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
Hamiter1.0 miles17
Willow Belle1.8 miles17
Wabbel2.3 miles17
Cobbs2.9 miles17
Scott3.8 miles17
Keo4.2 miles18
Walkers Corner4.7 miles17
Bevis Corner5.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 55592. 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.