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Welsh, Arkansas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Caney Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71943. The Survey maps it on the Amity quadrangle. It stands 659 feet above sea level.

Welsh within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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

83 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Welsh between 1993 and 2019, burning about 486 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 9 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 burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Welsh: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Woodall DepositPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Nelson MineManganesePast Producer1915
Plemmons ProspectManganeseUnknown

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

25 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Welsh in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 4 tornado, 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
May 2015Flash FloodWelsh$100,000Three bridges were washed out, along with several county roads closed due to flash flooding.
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Welsh$100,000A tornado exited Clark County west-northwest of Elm and entered Montgomery County east-southeast of Welsh. In Montgomery County, the tornado knocked down trees, power lines, and power poles, took the roof off of a barn, and caused a tree to fall on a house. The tornado exited Montgomery County east-northeast of Welsh and entered Hot Spring County west-southwest of Bonnerdale.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindWelsh$25,000Numerous trees and some power lines were blown down in the area of U.S. 70.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindWelsh$25,000Chicken houses were damaged and trees and power lines were blown down.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindWelsh$15,000A tree fell on a car.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindWelsh$15,000A roof was blown off a house.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindWelsh$10,000Trees were blown down in the southeastern part of Montgomery County.
May 2013Tornado (EF1)Welsh$10,000This tornado exited Clark County 3.2 miles west-northwest of Elm and entered Montgomery County 2.1 miles east-southeast of Welsh. In Montgomery County, trees were snapped off or uprooted. The tornado exited Montgomery County 4.2 miles east-northeast of Welsh and entered Hot Spring County 1.6 miles west of Bonnerdale. This is the third segment of a four-segment tornado.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindWelsh$5,000A tree was blown into an outbuilding. The roof of a barn was lifted, but not blown off. The tops of several trees were snapped. The damage survey was performed by the Montgomery County OES.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindWelsh$5,000Power lines were blown down on U.S. 70.
April 2026Flash FloodWelsh$1,000A bridge was underwater along Caney Creek due to flash flooding.
April 2026HailWelsh-Baseball-sized hail fell in the town of Welsh. Damaged was sustained to windshields of patrol cars at the Montgomery County Sheriffs Department. Roofs in the area were also damaged from the large hail.
January 2017HailWelsh-Estimated hail size of one inch was reported by public near Highway 70 northeast of Glenwood.
February 2013HailWelsh-Hail fell on Pigeon Roost Rd.
July 2009Heavy RainWelsh-The Bonnerdale reporting station (located in the southeast corner of Montgomery County) broke the record for the greatest rainfall ever recorded in the month of July.
September 2006Thunderstorm WindWelsh-Trees down on Pigeon Roost Road.
November 2005Tornado (F1)Welsh-A weak tornado moved into southeastern Montgomery County from Pike County. The tornado caused mostly tree damage before dissipating around 2 miles north of Welsh.
November 2005Tornado (F1)Welsh-A weak tornado was spawned in southeastern Montgomery County about 4 miles north-northeast of Welsh. The tornado tracked quickly to the northeast, and caused mostly tree and power line damage. The tornado continued into southwestern Garland County.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindWelsh-Thunderstorm winds blew down some large tree limbs.
May 2015HailWelsh-no account filed
May 2013HailWelsh-no account filed
March 2008HailWelsh-no account filed
August 1998HailWelsh-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindWelsh-no account filed
April 1995HailWelsh-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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
Segur1.6 miles16
Hickory Station4.2 miles7
Hickory Station (historical)4.2 miles16
Imelda (historical)4.7 miles7
Mazarn5.6 miles7
Lucky (historical)7.3 miles7
Plata7.7 miles16
Alamo8.1 miles7

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q85814933The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 74050. 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.