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Unity, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Nashville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71852. It stands on Temperanceville Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nashville quadrangle.

Unity within Howard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

37 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Unity between 1997 and 2020, burning about 129 acres in total. 2 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
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burning12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2004Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use13 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2011Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 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

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Unity: 7 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, 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
No NameClayPast Producer
Roy Leslie FarmIronPast Producer
Bell Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Bevell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bobby Smith Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
J WatsonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Laverne Hardin Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
N DavisSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Nashville Ready MixSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Howard County

Storms near this place

6 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Unity in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 4 hail, 2 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
April 2026Thunderstorm WindUnity-Tree downed across Buck Range Road, blocking all lanes of traffic.
September 2025HailUnity-Quarter size hail fell at a convenience store on the south side of Nashville.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindUnity-Trees were downed on Highway 27 near the Nashville Animal Clinic.
April 2012HailUnity-Quarter size hail fell between Nashville and Mineral Springs, Arkansas.
April 2011HailUnity-Hail fell between Hwy. 27 north between Nashville and Mineral Springs, Arkansas.
April 2009HailUnity-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
Wakefield (historical)1.9 miles14
Amity (historical)2.1 miles14
Midway2.3 miles14
Nashville2.6 miles14
Buck Range3.5 miles14
Mineral Springs4.2 miles14
Mount Olive (historical)4.3 miles14
Temperanceville4.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62693. 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.