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Williams Junction, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Maumelle Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72126. It stands on Brown Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thornburg quadrangle.

Williams Junction within Perry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

106 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Williams Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,719 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 38 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/incendiarism38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Debris and open burning24
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2012Natural10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2011Debris and open burning110 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionLAKE MAUMELLE
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2000Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2006Debris and open burning11 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Storms near this place

20 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Williams Junction in 20 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 5 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2011Tornado (EF1)Williams Junction$15,000This tornado exited Saline County north-northeast of Reform. Its path in Perry County was in the Ouachita National Forest, where it knocked down trees. The tornado exited Perry County and entered Pulaski County west-southwest of Wye.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindWilliams Junction-A large tree was blown across a roadway.
April 2025Tornado (EF1)Williams Junction-This tornado crossed from Saline County into Perry County, crossing Forest Road 132 near Round Mountain before dissipating. This tornado was rated an EF-1 with maximum winds of 110 mph with a total path length of 7.9 miles.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWilliams Junction-A tree was blown down across AR-Highway 9 South blocking the highway near Williams Junction.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindWilliams Junction-A large tree was uprooted.
January 2007Flash FloodWilliams Junction-High water covered the roadway southwest of Williams Junction.
November 2005Tornado (F1)Williams Junction-A weak tornado was spawned in eastern Perry County about 1.7 miles south of Williams Junction. The tornado damaged the roofs of several houses and downed some trees. The tornado continued into western Pulaski County.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindWilliams Junction-Some large tree limbs were blown down.
October 2004Thunderstorm WindWilliams Junction-Thunderstorm winds blew down some large tree limbs along Highway 9.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindWilliams Junction-Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree onto a power line.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Williams Junction-A weak tornado moved from Saline County into Perry County about 6.9 miles west-southwest of Williams Junction. The tornado was only on the ground briefly and downed some small trees before dissipating 6 miles west-southwest of Williams Junction.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Williams Junction-A weak tornado moved from Saline County into Perry County about 3.7 miles southwest of Williams Junction. The tornado was on the ground for a brief time and the only damage noted was a few small trees that were downed.
February 2017HailWilliams Junction-no account filed
March 2016HailWilliams Junction-no account filed
March 2016HailWilliams Junction-no account filed
April 2014HailWilliams Junction-no account filed
July 2008HailWilliams Junction-no account filed
April 2004Thunderstorm WindWilliams Junction-no account filed
April 2004Thunderstorm WindWilliams Junction-no account filed
June 2004HailWilliams Junction-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Perry 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
Harmony0.1 miles15
Camp Pershing (historical)2.0 miles15
Thornburg4.0 miles15
Satuma4.8 miles15
Bellevue (historical)5.2 miles16
Antioch5.3 miles15
Orchard (historical)6.2 miles16
Oak Grove6.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 74167. 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.