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Arcadia Park, Texas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Southwest Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75211. It lies near Chalk Hill. The Survey maps it on the Duncanville quadrangle.

Arcadia Park within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 21 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

188 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of Arcadia Park between 2014 and 2018, burning about 69 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined155
Equipment and vehicle use14
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePERRYTON
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTARETTA
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDUNCANVILLE RD
4 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceALTOONA
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDUMANE
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceS WLATON WALKER
30 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePLYMOUTH
30 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBICKERS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Arcadia Park: 6 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Dallas QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Dallas Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralProducer
General Portland Clay PitClayProducer
Eagle-Ford Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
General Portland Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Texas Ind Inc Dallas LightweightStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arcadia Park in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 2 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
May 2014Tornado (EF0)Arcadia Park$80,000A National Weather Service Storm Survey found evidence of a tornado that produced EF-0 damage to a warehouse building. Several windows were blown out of a warehouse in Cockrell Hill. The building suffered roof damage as well, as the tornado moved generally from the southwest to the northeast.
December 2013Heavy RainArcadia Park$13,000Weather played a role in the death of a person who crashed their truck in the 4500 block of Davis Street near Cockrell Hill Rd. The roads were slick due to rain at the time of the accident. No other information about the deceased could be found.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindArcadia Park$10,000Buildings were damaged at the intersection of I-30 and Cockrell Hill.
April 2026HailArcadia Park-Report of 1.25 inch hail from mPING.
November 2024Flash FloodArcadia Park-A trained spotter reported that parts of Jefferson Blvd in Cockrell Hill were impassable due to high water, and police barricades were put in place.
May 2015Flash FloodArcadia Park-A social media report indicated that Illinois Ave was being closed between Knoxville and Duncanville Streets due to high water.
May 2024HailArcadia Park-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Cockrell Hill1.6 miles21
Eagle Ford2.5 miles24
Kenwood2.6 miles21
Cole3.4 miles21
Westwood Park3.7 miles21
Ledbetter Hills4.0 miles21
Lakeland Heights4.2 miles21
Grand Prairie4.6 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1329658. 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.