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Y City, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1989. It stands in District 6. It lies in ZIP code area 72926. It stands on Tan-a-hill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Y City quadrangle.

Y City within Scott County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Y City between 1992 and 2019, burning about 338 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 8 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
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
9 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2011Arson/incendiarism31 acresOuachita National ForestMINER FIRE
4 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresOuachita National ForestY-CITY
29 September 2005Naturalunder an acreOuachita National ForestSINGLE TREE
29 September 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2001Naturalunder an acreOuachita National ForestTAN-A-HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scott County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Y City: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Scott County

Storms near this place

30 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Y City in 30 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 15 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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
July 2012Thunderstorm WindY City$125,000Barns were blown down, roofs were blown off chicken houses and barns, and trees were blown down.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindY City$5,000Trees were blown down.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindY City$5,000Trees were down.
April 2026HailY City-Quarter-sized hail fell between the towns of Y-City and Boles.
April 2025HailY City-Lime-sized hail fell in the community of Y-City.
March 2024HailY City-Golf-ball sized hail fell in the town of Y-City.
January 2022Heavy RainY City-COCORAHS observer in southern Scott County measured 3.50 inches of rain since the day before.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindY City-Numerous trees were reported down.
May 2020Flash FloodY City-Highway 71 at Y City was closed due to the high water.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindY City-A tree was down at Hwy. 270 and 71 at Y City and on Hwy. 28 West near Cauthron.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindY City-Trees were blown down on U.S. Hwy 270 at Y City.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindY City-Multiple trees were blown down as big as 12 inches in diameter.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindY City-Power lines were blown down.
March 2003Thunderstorm WindY City-Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees.
May 2002Flash FloodY City-Heavy rains caused flash flooding to occur just to the northeast of Y City. Several county roads in the area were covered by high water for a short period of time.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindY City-Some large tree limbs were knocked down.
February 2013HailY City-no account filed
April 2011HailY City-no account filed
July 2009HailY City-no account filed
June 2007HailY City-no account filed
June 2007HailY City-no account filed
March 2006HailY City-no account filed
March 2004HailY City-no account filed
March 2003HailY City-no account filed
May 2000HailY City-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindY City-no account filed
April 1999HailY City-no account filed
April 1998HailY City-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindY City-no account filed
October 1996HailY City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Scott 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
Chant (historical)0.9 miles19
Boles3.4 miles31
Buffalo (historical)4.7 miles31
Nella4.9 miles31
Gate (historical)4.9 miles19
Needmore5.5 miles31
Shiloh5.6 miles31
Keener6.5 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 74218. 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.