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Tulip, Arkansas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Smith Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72084. The Survey maps it on the Tulip quadrangle.

Tulip within Dallas County

On record in Tulip

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

64 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Tulip between 1997 and 2020, burning about 742 acres in total. 10 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/undetermined18
Debris and open burning17
Arson/incendiarism13
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
9 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Natural6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Natural10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Natural5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Tulip: 15 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them 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
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

18 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tulip in 18 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 tornado, 1 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
October 2009Thunderstorm WindTulip$5,000Trees were down.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindTulip$3,000Trees were blown down.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindTulip$3,000Trees were blown down.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindTulip$1,000A large tree was down.
March 2023Tornado (EF0)Tulip-This tornado started west-northwest of Carthage along Tram Trail, moving northeast towards Sanders Loop, breaking limbs off or pushing over small pine trees. As the tornado moved over Williams Road, it strengthened briefly, knocking over larger pine trees before lifting west of the intersection of Williams Road and Dallas County Road 411. This tornado was rated an EF0 with estimated maximum winds of 85 mph.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindTulip-Multiple trees were blown down near Tulip.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindTulip-A tree was blown down by strong winds.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindTulip-Trees were blown down in Tulip.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindTulip-Trees were blown down at the intersection of Highway 9 and Highway 301.
November 2004Tornado (F0)Tulip-A weak tornado touched down about 2.5 miles south-southwest of Tulip and tracked to the northeast before lifting about a mile north-northeast of Tulip. The only damage noted along the path of the tornado were a few trees broken off and a hay barn that was destroyed.
November 2004Flash FloodTulip-Heavy rainfall flooded a portion of Highway 9 in the town of Tulip.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindTulip-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindTulip-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindTulip-no account filed
April 1999Thunderstorm WindTulip-no account filed
April 1999Thunderstorm WindTulip-no account filed
August 1999HailTulip-no account filed
April 1995HailTulip-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Wave4.2 miles8
Welchs Shop (historical)4.2 miles8
Carthage5.2 miles8
Willow6.1 miles9
Princeton7.1 miles16
Ivy7.3 miles9
Cooney7.3 miles9
Round Hill8.2 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78593. 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.