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Washington, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Ozan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71862. The Survey maps it on the Washington quadrangle.

Washington within Hempstead County

On record in Washington

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 5 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

51 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Washington between 1997 and 2019, burning about 559 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 15 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 burning18
Arson/incendiarism15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Natural7

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 1999Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2006Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarism30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2006Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hempstead 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 Washington: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Saratoga Chalk Mine & MillLimestone, DimensionProducer

Every working recorded in Hempstead County

Storms near this place

22 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Washington in 22 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 13 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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
January 1999Tornado (F2)Washington$30,000Large trees uprooted and pushed over. Several large trees fell on homes and residences in Washington. Some structural and roof damage occurred to several homes and businesses. Otherwise this tornado traversed mostly unpopulated wooded regions.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindWashington$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
October 1993HailWashington$500Hail up to golf ball-size broke out two car windshields.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindWashington$500Several trees were blown down.
April 2026HailWashington-Ping pong ball size hail reported just north of Washington.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindWashington-Numerous large limbs were downed in the historic Washington State Park. A large pine tree was also blown down in the Pioneer Cemetery.
March 2016HailWashington-Nickel size hail was reported just north of the Washington community.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindWashington-Trees were downed between the Washington and Oakhaven communities.
May 2009Flash FloodWashington-Several roads were closed across the county as a result of excessive heavy rainfall.
May 2009Flash FloodWashington-Several roads throughout the county remain closed from excessive heavy rainfall.
January 2006Thunderstorm WindWashington-Trees were downed.
November 2005HailWashington-Hail fell in Bingen.
February 2000Thunderstorm WindWashington-Trees uprooted along County Road 4.
June 1994HailWashington-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
August 1993HailWashington-Several trees were blown down.
January 2006HailWashington-no account filed
April 2004HailWashington-no account filed
May 2003HailWashington-no account filed
May 2002HailWashington-no account filed
March 2000HailWashington-no account filed
April 1994HailWashington-no account filed
May 1993HailWashington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hempstead 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
Dolph (historical)2.9 miles15
Academy (historical)3.3 miles13
Crossroads4.1 miles15
Oakhaven4.5 miles15
Jakajones (historical)4.8 miles13
Ozan5.5 miles13
De Ann6.4 miles15
Columbus7.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78702. 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.