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Tyro, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Smith Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71639. The Survey maps it on the Tyro quadrangle.

Tyro within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

36 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Tyro between 2001 and 2020, burning about 286 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined15
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
19 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2003Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionDRE7227586
6 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 June 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 June 2011Arson/incendiarism15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Tyro: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Mangum PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unk Gravel Pits 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

3 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tyro in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2025HailTyro-Half dollar sized hail was measured via southeast Lincoln County Fire and Rescue.
June 2023HailTyro-Tennis ball sized hail fell in Tyro.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindTyro-A few trees down near highway 54.

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Garnett3.1 miles12
Warrenton3.3 miles12
Rose Hill3.7 miles13
Garrett Bridge4.1 miles12
Little Garnett4.8 miles12
Calhoun5.3 miles11
Todd (historical)5.7 miles11
Oakdale (historical)5.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58778. 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.