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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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.
- 1891 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Camp Pike quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1941 USGS Olmstead quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Olmstead quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Olmstead quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Olmstead quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 1998Regional 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 burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 119 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheaffer Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
21 since 2009Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Lightning | Warsaw | $100,000 | Lightning cause a house fire 3 miles northeast of Macon. Two people then had to be rescued. |
| May 2020 | Lightning | Warsaw | $100,000 | Lightning caused a house fire located 2 miles north of Macon. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Warsaw | $30,000 | This 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 2009 | Flood | Warsaw | $10,000 | Jacks 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 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Warsaw | $5,000 | This 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warsaw | $1,000 | Tree limbs were blown down. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warsaw | $1,000 | Large tree limbs were blown down along Arkansas Highway 107. |
| May 2025 | Flash Flood | Warsaw | - | Water was flowing across Peters Road in several locations. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Warsaw | - | Water was over Peters Road. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Warsaw | - | Water covered the intersection of Hwy 107 and West Republican Road. |
| March 2023 | Flash Flood | Warsaw | - | Portions of Peters Road were underwater and nearly impassable. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Warsaw | - | Golf ball size hail fell in Cabot on Mount Pleasant Cutoff. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Warsaw | - | Water was covering Hwy. 89. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warsaw | - | Power outages were reported in northern Pulaski County, north of Little Rock Air Force Base due to thunderstorm wind damage. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Warsaw | - | Peters Road was impassable. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Warsaw | - | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Warsaw | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Warsaw | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Warsaw | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Warsaw | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Warsaw | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zion Hill | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| Macon | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Cannongate Addition | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Rolling Hills | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Olmstead | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Barger Addition | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Gladewood Addition | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Westbrook Addition | 4.3 miles | 19 |
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.











