Wildfire, Columbia
- When
- October 16, 12:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Columbia forecast zone
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 33.214, -93.227 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Arkansas, October 16, 2011
Strong winds and low humidity resulted in a grass fire that rapidly spread across Columbia County, Arkansas, 4 miles south of Magnolia. The fire consumed 200 acres of grassland.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- 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 SHV wrote it up.
Strong winds and low humidity resulted in a grass fire that rapidly spread across Columbia County, Arkansas, 4 miles south of Magnolia. The fire consumed 200 acres of grassland. The fire spread to Hwy. 79 where traffic was rerouted onto a county road for approximately two hours. The fire began at a local residents house and spread to the surrounding grass land. No other structures were affected.
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
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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: 341761.