South Texarkana, Texas
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 2001. It lies in ZIP code area 71854. It stands on Swampoodle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Texarkana quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 21 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.
- 1909 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
299 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 299 fires within 5 miles of South Texarkana between 1993 and 2020, burning about 841 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 20 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 | 152 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 420 STIPP LANE |
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BUCHANAN RD/SMITH RD |
| 7 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RAY/GILLAM |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 634 |
| 5 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
| 4 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1 COUNTY ROAD 1329 ST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of South Texarkana: 11 past producers, 5 producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. W. A. Pits | Iron | Producer | ||
| Dickey | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Gallagher | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Hutchinson Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Texarkana Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Hoot Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kennedy Sand & Gravel Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Putch Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Texarkana in 8 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Texarkana | $1,000 | Vehicle windows were blown out in the parking lot of Liberty-Eylau High School southeast of Wake Villiage, Texas. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Texarkana | - | A 64 mph wind gust was measured at the Texarkana RAWS station (TEXT2). |
| September 2022 | Hail | South Texarkana | - | Social media pictures showed quarter to half dollar sized hail near Texarkana in the Liberty Eylau area. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Texarkana | - | The south side of a carport was lifted and bent northward and folded over on top of a steel awning on Leopard Drive in the Liberty Eylau community. A greenhouse was also destroyed. A large limb was broken off of a nearby tree. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Texarkana | - | Numerous trees and power lines were downed across the Texas side of Texarkana. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Texarkana | - | Numerous trees and power lines were downed in Liberty-Eylau. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | South Texarkana | - | Numerous roads and highways were flooded and closed due to excessive heavy rainfall. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Texarkana | - | Several areas of Texarkana without power. Scattered power outages with some tree damage in the area. |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on South Texarkana | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q113987304 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1368785. 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.







