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Warsaw, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Hill Township. It lies near Wilson Knob. The Survey maps it on the Olmstead quadrangle.

Warsaw within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

25 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Warsaw between 1998 and 2016, burning about 692 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 burning12
Arson/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
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
26 September 2004Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2015Debris and open burning119 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 2010Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2002Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski 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 Warsaw: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone. 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
Sheaffer QuarryFlagstonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

21 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Warsaw in 21 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 6 flash flood, 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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 2020LightningWarsaw$100,000Lightning cause a house fire 3 miles northeast of Macon. Two people then had to be rescued.
May 2020LightningWarsaw$100,000Lightning caused a house fire located 2 miles north of Macon.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Warsaw$30,000This short-lived tornado formed near West Cleland Road west of Cabot and continued north to near Arkansas Hwy 89. Mainly trees were either uprooted or limbs snapped, with some damage to a few outbuildings. Some roof damage was also noted to a few homes.
December 2009FloodWarsaw$10,000Jacks Creek flooded U.S. Highway 67/167 outside of Jacksonville. A considerable traffic back-up occurred, exacerbated by the large number of people traveling for the Christmas holidays.
October 2021Tornado (EF0)Warsaw$5,000This weak tornado started just southwest of the intersection of West Republican Road and Highway 107 north of the Little Rock Air Force Base. This tornado moved generally to the east along West Republican Road, knocking down trees and tree limbs, and damaging some small outbuildings. Trees were also snapped near the intersection of West Republican Road and Centennial Road. This tornado lifted just northeast of the West Republican Road/McKenzie Road intersection.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindWarsaw$1,000Tree limbs were blown down.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindWarsaw$1,000Large tree limbs were blown down along Arkansas Highway 107.
May 2025Flash FloodWarsaw-Water was flowing across Peters Road in several locations.
April 2025Flash FloodWarsaw-Water was over Peters Road.
May 2024Flash FloodWarsaw-Water covered the intersection of Hwy 107 and West Republican Road.
March 2023Flash FloodWarsaw-Portions of Peters Road were underwater and nearly impassable.
April 2022HailWarsaw-Golf ball size hail fell in Cabot on Mount Pleasant Cutoff.
August 2019Flash FloodWarsaw-Water was covering Hwy. 89.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindWarsaw-Power outages were reported in northern Pulaski County, north of Little Rock Air Force Base due to thunderstorm wind damage.
October 2009Flash FloodWarsaw-Peters Road was impassable.
April 2023HailWarsaw-no account filed
March 2015HailWarsaw-no account filed
April 2011HailWarsaw-no account filed
May 2011HailWarsaw-no account filed
May 2011Funnel CloudWarsaw-no account filed
May 2011HailWarsaw-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pulaski 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
Zion Hill1.9 miles19
Macon2.3 miles19
Cannongate Addition2.6 miles19
Rolling Hills2.7 miles19
Olmstead3.1 miles19
Barger Addition3.4 miles19
Gladewood Addition3.5 miles19
Westbrook Addition4.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 56070. 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.