Capps City, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Sulphur Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71834. The Survey maps it on the Doddridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1952 USGS Doddridge quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 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
222 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 222 fires within 5 miles of Capps City between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,476 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 112 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 | 112 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Louisiana Office of Forestry | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Natural | 10 acres | Louisiana Office of Forestry | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Natural | 160 acres | Louisiana Office of Forestry | not named |
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 277 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | MILLER-LA |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Capps City in 2 storm reports in 2009: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2009 | Flash Flood | Capps City | $145,000 | County Road 5 was underwater and closed. Several other roads were closed and underwater across the county. The damage to infrastructure resulted in Miller County receiving Federal assistance. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Capps City | - | Hail fell 2 miles west of Kiblah on CR 5 at the west fork of Kelly Bayou. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Era (historical) | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Ravanna | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Kiblah | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Doddridge | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Smithville | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Hammons | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Brightstar | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Spring Bank (historical) | 7.6 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122568979 | 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 57507. 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.






