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Bluffton, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bluffton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72827. It stands on Gafford Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bluffton quadrangle. It stands 440 feet above sea level.

Bluffton within Yell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

30 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Bluffton between 1997 and 2020, burning about 534 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural10
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOuachita National Forestnot named
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism40 acresOuachita National ForestWAYCO
14 September 1997Recreation and ceremony32 acresOuachita National ForestTRAIL
11 September 2000Smoking8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2012Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2007Natural9.5 acresOuachita National ForestCEDAR CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yell County

Storms near this place

10 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bluffton in 10 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBluffton$75,000Trees and power lines were down across the area. Two houses were damaged by falling trees.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindBluffton$10,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
November 1993Thunderstorm WindBluffton$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed some trees.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindBluffton-The emergency manager reported trees and power lines down across the county with some roadways blocked.
September 2020Flash FloodBluffton-Highway 28 was closed in both directions due to water over the road at Gafford Creek.
November 2005Tornado (F1)Bluffton-A weak tornado touched down about 2 miles south of Bluffton. Winds associated with the tornado were estimated around 75 mph. Damage along the path of the tornado consisted of some snapped and uprooted trees, along with some downed power lines. The tornado was on the ground for about four and a half miles before lifting southwest of Briggsville.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindBluffton-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
April 2004HailBluffton-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindBluffton-no account filed
February 2000Thunderstorm WindBluffton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yell County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Young Gravelly3.1 miles16
Pleasant Hill3.5 miles16
Fourche Valley3.5 miles16
Gravelly4.8 miles16
Waltreak5.5 miles16
Chalybeate Springs5.8 miles16
Briggsville6.0 miles13
Shark7.7 miles16

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 BlufftonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4930688The 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 70742. 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.