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Vidette, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Vidette Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72538. It stands on Foster Branch. The Survey maps it on the Gepp quadrangle.

Vidette within Fulton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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

67 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Vidette between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,106 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 21 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 burning28
Arson/incendiarism21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1

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
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1999Debris and open burning20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2006Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2012Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 April 2009Debris and open burning72 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 April 2010Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Vidette: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Highway 87 Pit & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Fulton County

Storms near this place

8 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vidette in 8 storm reports between 2003 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 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 2011FloodVidette$3,000,000no account filed
April 2011FloodVidette$1,400,000Widespread areal flooding occurred.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindVidette-A small metal farm building was collapsed due to high winds in Vidette.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindVidette-Delayed report of trees reported down across Woodside Road and Little Creek Road in northwest Fulton County.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindVidette-Wind damage was reported in Vidette.
November 2005Tornado (F1)Vidette-A tornado was spawned in northwestern Fulton County about 4 miles north-northwest of Vidette. The tornado tracked to the northeast, and caused mostly tree damage. There was also some damage to a house and two barns. The tornado continued into Howell County, Missouri.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindVidette-Trees and power lines downed.
April 2003Tornado (F1)Vidette-A weak tornado moved from Baxter County into Fulton County about 2 miles west of Vidette. The tornado traveled to the northeast for 10 miles before lifting 6 miles northeast of Vidette. Since the tornado moved across many open areas, damage along the path consisted of downed trees and little else.

Every storm recorded in Fulton 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
Gepp2.8 miles16
Pickren Hall3.4 miles16
Argosy (historical)3.8 miles16
Ruth4.1 miles18
County Line4.4 miles18
Ott5.3 miles16
Elizabeth6.7 miles16
Viola7.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57222. 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.