Bussey, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Taylor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71861. The Survey maps it on the Bussey quadrangle.
On record in Bussey
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
Frog Levellisted 1972
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Bussey quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Magnolia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
65 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Bussey between 1997 and 2018, burning about 2,033 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 18 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | COL15878656 |
| 24 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 33 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bussey in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bussey | - | Trees and power lines were downed along County Road 15 east of the Bussey community. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bussey | - | Trees down along Highway 53. |
| October 2001 | Flash Flood | Bussey | - | Highway 371 was under 8 inches of water making driving difficult. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Bussey | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Experiment | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Sharman | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Taylor | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Friendship | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Rocky Mound | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Harmony | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Hunt | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Smithland | 6.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57480. 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.






