Wildfire, Calhoun
- When
- October 13, 10:30 AM CST to 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun forecast zone
- Reported by
- Park/Forest Service
- Coordinates
- 33.558, -92.503 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Arkansas, October 13, 2011
3 miles south of Hampton in Calhoun County burned 491 acres on the 13th.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS LZK wrote it up.
A large wildfire 7.3 miles south of Hampton in Calhoun County burned 491 acres on the 13th.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, October 13, 2011
- Tornadoes in Virginia, October 13, 2011
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, October 13, 2011
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Virginia, October 13, 2011
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, October 13, 2011
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, October 13, 2011
- Flooding in Ohio, October 13 to 14, 2011
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, October 13, 2011
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Virginia, October 13, 2011
- Hail in North Carolina, October 13, 2011
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, October 13, 2011
- High Wind in Wyoming, October 13, 2011
More
Every storm in Arkansas in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Arkansas, October 2011
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 341467.