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Waterloo, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Taylor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71858. It stands on Brushy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Waterloo quadrangle.

Waterloo within Nevada County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

88 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Waterloo between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,817 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 22 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Arson/incendiarism22
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural9
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2006Arson/incendiarism90 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined56 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nevada County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Waterloo: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Clay. 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
UnkClayPast Producer
Mccrea PropertyIronPast Producer
UnkIronPast Producer
E IngramSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Nevada County

Storms near this place

10 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waterloo in 10 storm reports between 1993 and 1998: 6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. 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
November 1994Thunderstorm WindWaterloo$50,000Thunderstorm winds damaged the roof of a chicken barn and knocked down some trees.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindWaterloo$50,000Thunderstorm winds downed many trees.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindWaterloo-Thunderstorm winds downed a couple of trees near Waterloo and Falcon.
April 1994HailWaterloo-Thunderstorm winds downed many trees.
August 1998HailWaterloo-no account filed
August 1998HailWaterloo-no account filed
February 1998Thunderstorm WindWaterloo-no account filed
May 1994HailWaterloo-no account filed
May 1994HailWaterloo-no account filed
March 1993HailWaterloo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Nevada 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
Irma2.2 miles15
Ames2.7 miles16
Willisville3.3 miles15
Rosston3.8 miles15
Oak Grove3.8 miles16
Young4.1 miles16
Nevark4.3 miles16
Glenville4.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57232. 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.