Bidville, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 13. It lies in ZIP code area 72959. It lies near Bowles Gap Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Bidville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1879 USGS Cravens quadrangle1:62500
- 1887 USGS Watalula quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Watalula quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Bidville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Bidville between 1992 and 2016, burning about 3,794 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | BOWLES CAR FIRE |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | WHITE LIGHTNING |
| 22 August 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | POTATO KNOB |
| 22 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | BIG CEDAR |
| 4 July 2013 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | WHITE ROCK |
| 18 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | RATTLESNAKE |
| 9 April 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | WHITE ROCK |
| 28 April 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | WHITE ROCK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bidville in 6 storm reports between 2003 and 2006: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bidville | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bidville | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down several large tree limbs. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bidville | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees and a power pole. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Bidville | - | no account filed |
| February 2005 | Hail | Bidville | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Bidville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winfrey | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| Locke | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Mount Gaylor | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Maddux Spring | 8.2 miles | 16 | |
| Artist Point | 8.4 miles | 16 | |
| Schaberg | 10.0 miles | 16 | |
| Chester | 11.0 miles | 16 | |
| Armada (historical) | 11.4 miles | 16 |
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 Bidville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48861817 | 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 70650. 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.
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.









