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Valley View, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Gilkerson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72404. The Survey maps it on the Jonesboro quadrangle.

Valley View within Craighead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

8 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Valley View between 1998 and 2017, burning about 153 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
26 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 April 2003Debris and open burning25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 February 2016Smoking98 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 February 2016Smoking4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 November 2016Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 November 1999Smoking5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Craighead County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Valley View: 11 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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
Jonesboro Brick CoClayUnknown
Jonesboro PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jonesboro Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
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 Craighead County

Storms near this place

14 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Valley View in 14 storm reports between 2002 and 2026: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 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
May 2017Thunderstorm WindValley View$50,000Large metal shop roof blown off along Highway 1 just south of Jonesboro.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindValley View$20,000Trees down in South Jonesboro.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindValley View$20,000Several homes had damage to their siding and roofs. Some windows were broken.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindValley View$8,000Straight line winds blew trees down that were 24 to 36 inches in diameter at Weaver Road in the Valley View community. In addition, telephone and utility poles were also knocked down in the area along County Roads 412 and 425 as well as Highway 49.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindValley View$2,000Downed trees on Mt. Carmel Drive, off of Southwest Drive.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindValley View$500Broken pole on Highway 226 and Woodsprings.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindValley View-A measured wind gust of 68 mph occurred at the Lawson Road and Culberhouse Street intersection on the south side of Jonesboro.
March 2025HailValley View-Ping-pong-sized hail fell in the Valley View area.
March 2021Flash FloodValley View-County Road 425 was flooded south of Valley View.
March 2020HailValley View-Nickel size hail fell throughout Jonesboro.
March 2019Flash FloodValley View-Flooding on County Road 425. Road is unsafe to drive.
April 2018HailValley View-The hail fell on the southwest side of town.
May 2017HailValley View-One inch hail on Neely Road in Jonesboro.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindValley View-Damaging straight line winds knocked down a transmission line and damaged some buildings at the Fairgrounds in Jonesboro. There was a measured gust of 62 mph at the Jonesboro airport at 9:04 PM CST.

Every storm recorded in Craighead 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
Ridge3.7 miles9
Apt3.8 miles11
Gilkerson3.8 miles11
Gibson3.9 miles11
Fallis4.4 miles11
Jonesboro4.8 miles11
Cary5.0 miles9
Nettleton5.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64461. 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.