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Waveland, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Waveland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72842. It stands on Smallwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Blue Mountain Dam quadrangle.

Waveland within Yell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

60 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Waveland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 634 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 26 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
Arson/incendiarism26
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Natural5
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
30 September 2001Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National Forestsnot named
1 September 1998Smoking1.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsMINEHART #1
9 August 2010Natural2.8 acresOuachita National ForestBEAR
8 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsSOUTH FORD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yell County

Storms near this place

13 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waveland in 13 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 2 hail, 2 flash flood. 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 2008FloodWaveland$1,500,000Heavy rain caused the Petit Jean River at Danville to go above flood stage. Upstream, Blue Mountain Lake rose to record levels and several feet of water was flowing through the emergency spillway. Numerous county roads were flooded and Arkansas Highways 27 and 10 were affected. Pastures along the river and the Petit Jean Wildlife Management Area were inundated.
March 2008Flash FloodWaveland$1,000,000Arkansas Highway 307 north of Belleville was closed due to flooding. Damaged areas included Plainview and Rover, including Arkansas Highway 28.
May 2011FloodWaveland$500,000Some campsites at Waveland Park on Blue Mountain Lake were closed due to flooding.
April 2011FloodWaveland$125,000Widespread areal flooding occurred.
April 2008FloodWaveland$50,000Record levels on Blue Mountain Lake with excessive spillway releases, when combined with heavy rainfall in the first week of April, produced moderate flooding on the Petit Jean River at Danville. County road flooding was the principal damage during the event.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindWaveland$50,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindWaveland$10,000Multiple trees were blown down.
February 2020Flash FloodWaveland-Numerous low water crossings and bridges across northwestern Yell County were inundated with water and were impassable.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWaveland-Fallen power lines blocked Arkansas Highway 309.
July 2008HailWaveland-no account filed
July 2002HailWaveland-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindWaveland-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindWaveland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yell 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
Walnut Grove3.2 miles18
Quarry Heights3.7 miles20
Southern Home (historical)3.8 miles20
Marvinville4.2 miles18
Havana5.3 miles18
Crossroads8.6 miles18
Hickory Grove8.8 miles18
Riley Creek (historical)8.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 74027. 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.

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.