Union, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Lapile Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71747. The Survey maps it on the Strong quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1933 USGS Strong quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Strong quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Strong quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Strong quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
64 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Union between 1997 and 2019, burning about 736 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | UNI15447500 |
| 20 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Union in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Hail | New Union | - | Golfball size hail fell about 6 miles east of Strong. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union | - | Several trees were blown down on Oakland Road just south of Strong. |
| September 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | New Union | - | An EF0 tornado touched down in Union County, Arkansas east of Strong, Arkansas along North Road. Several large trees were snapped or uprooted in the swamp on the east side of the road. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria | 0.2 miles | 16 | |
| Strong | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Gardner | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Lapile | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Aurelle | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Old Lapile | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Sandy Bend | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Bolding | 5.6 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58785. 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.









