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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1939 USGS Vanndale quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vanndale quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Vanndale quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Memphis West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1998Regional 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 burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirby | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
8 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanndale | 1 hurt | Straight 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 1997 | Tornado (F2) | Vanndale | $100,000 | A 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 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanndale | $10,000 | Power lines were knocked down on Highway 1 in Vanndale. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanndale | $2,000 | Some power lines were blown down. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Vanndale | $100 | no account filed |
| November 2002 | Hail | Vanndale | $100 | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanndale | - | 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanndale | - | Straight line winds knocked down trees on Highway 364 in Vanndale. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Field | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Mersman | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Levesque | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Budsmith (historical) | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Wynne | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Cherry Valley | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Birdeye | 6.4 miles | 13 |
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 Vanndale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5060793 | The 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.





