Beirne, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Caddo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71743. The Survey maps it on the Gurdon quadrangle. 36 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 223 feet above sea level.
On record in Beirne
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
McNeely Creek Bridgelisted 2004
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1901 USGS Gurdon quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Gurdon quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Gurdon quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Hope quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
147 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Beirne between 1997 and 2019, burning about 2,141 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 24 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 59 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Beirne: 4 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Rickets Trucking Co Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Smith & Houston Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beirne in 2 storm reports between 2003 and 2007: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beirne | - | A tree was down on U.S. Highway 67 north of the Arkansas Highway 51 West intersection. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beirne | - | Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Britt (historical) | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Gurdon | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Sycamore | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Barringer | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Smithton (historical) | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Smithton | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Keyton (historical) | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Whelen Springs | 5.7 miles | 17 |
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 Beirne | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4881370 | 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 76289. 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.








