Camp, Arkansas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1983. It stands in South Fork Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72520. The Survey maps it on the Camp quadrangle. It stands 623 feet above sea level.
On record in Camp
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
Camp Methodist Churchlisted 1997
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Camp quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Cherokee Village quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
85 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Camp between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,430 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Camp: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Magnesium Compounds. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierce Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rice Farm | Magnesium Compounds | Unknown |
Storms near this place
12 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Camp in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Camp | $20,000 | A minivan was swept away while trying to cross a low water crossing on Pleasant Valley Road in Camp. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Camp | - | Ping-pong ball sized hail fell north of Salem. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camp | - | A tree was blown down along Hwy. 9. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camp | - | Trees and power lines were downed. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camp | - | Trees were downed just southwest of town on Arkansas Highway 9. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camp | - | Trees and large tree limbs were downed from Camp to Fryatt and Mammoth Spring. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camp | - | Trees downed. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camp | - | Power lines down. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Camp | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Camp | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camp | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Camp | - | 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.
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 Camp | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5026934 | 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 47305. 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.




