Whitehall, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Scott Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72432. It stands on Kaylo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cherry Valley East quadrangle. It stands 269 feet above sea level.
On record in Whitehall
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 1 record
Bacon Hotellisted 1995
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1940 USGS Princedale quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Princedale quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Princedale quadrangle1:62500
- 1966 USGS Princedale quadrangle1:62500
- 1984 USGS Cherry Valley East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Memphis West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Whitehall between 1998 and 2010, burning about 433 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 14 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 32 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 April 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Whitehall: 4 producers, 3 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bartholamu Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bartholamu Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bay Village Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Whitehall Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitehall in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2015 | Hail | Whitehall | - | Ping pong size hail near Whitehall. |
| March 2015 | Flash Flood | Whitehall | - | Widespread street flooding near Whitehall. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitehall | - | Straight line winds knocked trees down across the southern part of Poinsett County. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Whitehall | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Whitehall | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiley Crossing | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Hydrick | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Bay Village | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Harrisburg | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Anderson Tully | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Stewart | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Arthur (historical) | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Weona Junction | 7.4 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Whitehall | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7995959 | The 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 78764. 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.







