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Canfield, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Roane Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71845. The Survey maps it on the Canfield quadrangle.

Canfield within Lafayette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

72 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Canfield between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,837 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined24
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2

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
7 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burning15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2000Arson/incendiarism15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarism290 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lafayette County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Canfield: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lafayette County

Storms near this place

17 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Canfield in 17 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 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
October 1993Thunderstorm WindCanfield$50,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees.
April 1993Thunderstorm WindCanfield$50,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees.
October 1994Thunderstorm WindCanfield$5,000Several trees were knocked down.
November 1994Thunderstorm WindCanfield$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
October 1993Thunderstorm WindCanfield$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees.
April 2025Flash FloodCanfield-Multiple county roads were washed out, including CR 31 and 16.
June 2023HailCanfield-Quarter size hail reported near State Highway 29 and County Road 16 north of Canfield.
August 2020Flash FloodCanfield-AR 360 north of Gin City was flooded.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindCanfield-Three trees were downed onto Hwy. 29 in the Canfield community.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindCanfield-A large tree and powerlines were downed on Hwy. 360 about one mile west of the community of Canfield, Arkansas.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindCanfield-Numerous trees down across the town.
October 1993HailCanfield-Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees.
May 2000HailCanfield-no account filed
January 1998HailCanfield-no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindCanfield-no account filed
October 1996Thunderstorm WindCanfield-no account filed
April 1994HailCanfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lafayette 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
Burton Mill0.6 miles15
Grants2.3 miles15
Walnut Hill5.7 miles17
Bradley6.0 miles17
Gin City7.1 miles17
Forest Grove7.2 miles15
Kress City7.8 miles16
Walker Creek7.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 47444. 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.