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Vimy Ridge, Arkansas

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Otter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72002. The Survey maps it on the Bryant quadrangle.

Vimy Ridge within Saline County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 23 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

176 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 176 fires within 5 miles of Vimy Ridge between 1997 and 2020, burning about 862 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 37 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 burning66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Arson/incendiarism37
Equipment and vehicle use12
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural5
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2005Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burning165 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2015Debris and open burning70 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2015Debris and open burning12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saline County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Vimy Ridge: 29 unknowns, 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Bryant MillTalc-Soapstone, Slate, DimensionProducer
Milwhite BariteBarium-BariteProducer
No NameFullers EarthUnknown
Quapaw Bauxite MineAluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, FreePast Producer1920, 1932
No NameLimestone, DimensionUnknown
No NameLimestone, DimensionUnknown
UnknownClayUnknown
UnknownClayUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Saline County

Storms near this place

15 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vimy Ridge in 15 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 5 flash flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 hail. 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
March 1997Tornado (F2)Vimy Ridge$10,000,000no account filed
October 2009Flash FloodVimy Ridge$300,000Substantial flooding occurred in Shannon Hills. A number of homes were flooded.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindVimy Ridge$100,000Many trees were down in the Shannon Hills area, blocking roads and laying on houses. Power lines were also down.
July 2007LightningVimy Ridge$60,000Lightning struck an 80 year-old house on East Polk Road. The house was destroyed.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindVimy Ridge$50,000Two mobile homes were blown off their foundations. Multiple tree limbs were snapped and trees uprooted. Some of the limbs fell onto homes from Mann Ln. to Vimy Ridge Rd. south of Alexander.
August 2009Flash FloodVimy Ridge$1,000Vimy Ridge Road was under water near Mary Lane.
April 2025Flash FloodVimy Ridge-Swift water rescues were performed via rafts in the vicinity of Shannon Hills. Water also entered multiple homes.
April 2022Flash FloodVimy Ridge-The report was from mPING. There was street and road flooding and some streets closed.
March 2016Flash FloodVimy Ridge-The emergency manager reported several roads throughout the county are blocked due to flooding from the heavy rain event.
February 2001Tornado (F2)Vimy Ridge-A strong tornado developed about 2.5 miles east of Vimy Ridge in southeast Saline County. The tornado moved quickly northeast, and caused mostly tree damage. The tornado travelled about 2 miles before moving into Pulaski County.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindVimy Ridge-Thunderstorm winds knocked down some large tree limbs.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindVimy Ridge-Some large tree limbs were knocked down.
March 2015HailVimy Ridge-no account filed
February 2009HailVimy Ridge-no account filed
January 1999Tornado (F3)Vimy Ridge-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Saline 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
Shannon Hills1.6 miles23
Woodland Hills2.1 miles23
Altharp (historical)2.4 miles22
Brooks (historical)3.0 miles23
Brooks3.0 miles23
Evergreen3.6 miles23
Raintree Acres3.7 miles23
Bryant Oaks3.8 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78660. 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.