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Vanndale, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Searcy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72396. The Survey maps it on the Vanndale quadrangle. 339 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 276 feet above sea level.

Vanndale within Cross 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

16 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Vanndale between 1998 and 2007, burning about 115 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning8
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Smoking4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined19 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 1999Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cross County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Vanndale: 6 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them 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
KirbySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
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 Cross County

Storms near this place

8 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vanndale in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
June 2009Thunderstorm WindVanndale1 hurtStraight line winds knocked down power lines in Vanndale and across the rest of Cross County. In addition, some structural damage occurred in Vanndale including two mobile homes and a farm shop. One person received minor injuries from the storm.
May 1997Tornado (F2)Vanndale$100,000A tornado touched down near the town of Vanndale. Nearly 100 residential homes were damaged or destroyed. Three dozen mobile homes were damaged or destroyed. Three persons were injured. One cow was killed. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindVanndale$10,000Power lines were knocked down on Highway 1 in Vanndale.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindVanndale$2,000Some power lines were blown down.
March 2005HailVanndale$100no account filed
November 2002HailVanndale$100no account filed
April 2011Thunderstorm WindVanndale-Straight line winds blew trees and power lines down from near Vanndale to Cherry Valley. A volunteer fire truck was blown off the road due to the winds. The Farmers Co-op and the post office in Cherry Valley sustained minor damage.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindVanndale-Straight line winds knocked down trees on Highway 364 in Vanndale.

Every storm recorded in Cross 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
Fair Field2.9 miles11
Mersman3.3 miles11
Pleasant Hill3.6 miles12
Levesque5.6 miles13
Budsmith (historical)5.7 miles13
Wynne6.2 miles12
Cherry Valley6.2 miles12
Birdeye6.4 miles13

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 VanndaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5060793The 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 78652. 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.