Willow, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Willow Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72084. It stands on Little Cypress Creek. The Survey maps it on the Willow quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Willow quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Malvern quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
72 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Willow between 1997 and 2020, burning about 974 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 19 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 | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2011 | Natural | 99 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Willow: 6 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
9 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willow in 9 storm reports between 2003 and 2018: 5 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Willow | $100,000 | Flooding occurred across the county. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willow | - | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willow | - | Three trees were reported down near Arkansas Highway 46. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Willow | - | Flooding was reported on Arkansas Highway 9. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willow | - | A few trees were blown down. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willow | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willow | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Willow | - | no account filed |
| October 2004 | Hail | Willow | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Hill | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Tulip | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Wave | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Manning | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| Welchs Shop (historical) | 9.0 miles | 8 | |
| Dalark | 10.0 miles | 7 | |
| Nix (historical) | 10.3 miles | 16 | |
| Carthage | 10.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58896. 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.





