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Umpire, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Umpire Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71971. The Survey maps it on the Umpire quadrangle. It stands 850 feet above sea level.

Umpire within Howard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

90 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Umpire between 1998 and 2019, burning about 817 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 42 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/incendiarism42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Debris and open burning7
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use4
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
7 September 2000Arson/incendiarism15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2005Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2004Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2004Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Umpire: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Quartz. 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
UnknownQuartzOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Howard County

Storms near this place

24 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Umpire in 24 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 5 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
April 2018Tornado (EF2)Umpire$100,000An EF-2 tornado, with estimated maximum winds around 115 mph, touched down along Linville Road where it snapped several trees. It continued north where it snapped and uprooted numerous trees near Cedar Hill Cemetery, then crossed Cedar Hill Road where portions of a tin roof were peeled back from a metal barn and a nearby poorly constructed metal barn was destroyed. The tornado tracked north where it snapped several utility poles and a large swath of trees, at which point the tornado was at its strongest and widest. It crossed Kirby Road where it caused significant roof damage to two large chicken houses, while uprooting and snapping several more trees. Intermittent damage was found as the tornado continued north before lifting just north of Highway 278 northwest of the Umpire community a few miles south of Gatlin Road. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted here before the tornado finally lifted.
May 2008Tornado (EF1)Umpire$100,000An EF1 tornado with winds of 95 to 105 mph occurred near Umpire Arkansas in Howard County beginning near the Davis Cemetary along Pinkerton road. The tornado destroyed 2 barns and damaged a mobile home from a falling tree. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted along the 4 mile track ending near the intersection of Parsons|road and Hill lane. The tornado was on the ground from 903 am until 908 am and was 50 yards wide at its widest point and 4.5 miles long.
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Umpire$70,000An NWS Storm Survey Team concluded that the damage across northern Howard County, Arkansas was consistent with an EF1 tornado. The tornado first touched down just northeast of Umpire, Arkansas along SR 84 where a large tree was snapped. The storm continued in a north northeast trajectory moving parallel to SR 84 snapping a few trees along its path as it moved towards the community of Mineola. The tornado did its worst damage just before lifting on Midway Road. The tornado hit a brick house where nearly half of the roof was completely removed. A large storage building was completely destroyed along with severe damage to an adjacent chicken house. Large trees were also uprooted adjacent to the dwelling. Estimated wind speeds were 90-100 mph at this point.
October 1998Tornado (F1)Umpire$35,000Tornado occurred on Cedar Hill road. An old barn had its roof destroyed. The barn was full of hay which was also lost. Trees and powerlines were knocked down.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindUmpire$20,000Roof was torn off a chicken house and a nearby out building. Damage to a chimney and roofing shingles on a residential dwelling.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindUmpire$12,000A house was damaged when strong winds removed shingles, a tree top, and part of a chimney. A shed was also unroofed on the east side of the house.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindUmpire$10,000Trees were downed. A home and a barn were damaged in town on Hwy 278 west.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindUmpire$8,000Nearly 100 feet of a chicken house roof was blown off. No injuries to the chickens.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindUmpire-Tree downed across Highway 84 near the post office in Umpire.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindUmpire-Several large limbs were downed on Parson Road in the Umpire community.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindUmpire-Winds downed pine trees north of Dierks, Arkansas.
August 2011HailUmpire-Hail was reported in the city of Athens, Arkansas.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindUmpire-A tree was downed at the intersection of Hwy. 84 and Hwy. 246.
May 2009HailUmpire-Golf ball sized hail fell in Umpire, Arkansas.
April 2008Flash FloodUmpire-Highway 278 was flooded in part with mud and gravel and under water by the Umpire school. Greensplains Road at state highway 369 was flooded.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindUmpire-Numerous trees and powerlines down.
October 1998Tornado (F0)Umpire-A second weaker tornado occurred just northeast of town pushing over a few diseased and dead trees as well as tearing limbs off of oak trees.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindUmpire-Several trees were blown down by high winds just south of Umpire.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindUmpire-Several trees were blown down.
February 2001HailUmpire-no account filed
March 1999HailUmpire-no account filed
July 1994HailUmpire-no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindUmpire-no account filed
June 1994HailUmpire-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Howard 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
Bluff Springs (historical)1.1 miles18
Bethel (historical)1.4 miles18
Cedar Hill (historical)1.4 miles18
Mouton (historical)1.8 miles18
Mineola2.6 miles18
Pates (historical)3.0 miles16
Battle Hill (historical)3.1 miles18
Burg3.1 miles14

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 UmpireAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7881753The 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 78611. 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.