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Yardelle, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72685. It stands on Yardelle Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hasty quadrangle.

Yardelle within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 13 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

129 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Yardelle between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,076 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 36 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 burning53
Arson/incendiarism36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
18 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 1999Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2012Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Yardelle: 6 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Dolomite, Lead. 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
A-ProspectLead, ZincPast Producer
Old Granby MineLead, Zinc, DolomitePast Producer
Bonanza MineLead, ZincPast Producer
ExcelsiorZincPast Producer
Little Buffalo RiverZincPast Producer
MarkhamZincOccurrence
Spier MineZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Newton County

Storms near this place

6 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yardelle in 6 storm reports between 2004 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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
September 2014Thunderstorm WindYardelle$3,000A few trees were blown down.
September 2009Flash FloodYardelle$2,000Arkansas Highway 123 was flooded and impassable.
October 2020Flash FloodYardelle-Water was reported over Hwy. 123 west of Western Grove.
November 2006FloodYardelle-Flooding was reported along Highway 123.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindYardelle-Large tree limbs were knocked down.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindYardelle-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Newton 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
Western Grove3.5 miles16
Wells Creek (historical)3.7 miles13
Hasty4.3 miles13
Sulphur Spring (historical)4.5 miles13
Mount Hersey4.7 miles16
Carver5.9 miles14
Little Buffalo (historical)6.6 miles13
Pruitt7.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78816. 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.