BlockCenterville, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bird Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72112. It sits by Bird Point. The Survey maps it on the Swifton West quadrangle. It stands 253 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1935 USGS Alicia quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Swifton West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Centerville between 1999 and 2016, burning about 19 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 November 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 November 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 November 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Centerville: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Stone | Unknown |
Storms near this place
8 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Centerville in 8 storm reports between 2009 and 2013: 5 flood, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2009 | Flash Flood | Centerville | $250,000 | Widespread heavy rain led to the development of flash flooding early on the morning of the 24th. |
| December 2009 | Flood | Centerville | $250,000 | Flash flooding, which developed early on the morning of the 24th, became widespread areal flooding later in the morning on the 24th and continued through Christmas. Arkansas Highways closed due to high water included: 14 just off U.S. Highway 67 near Newport to Waldenburg, 226 from U.S. Highway 67 to the Jackson/Craighead County line, 224 in the Tuckerman and Swifton areas, 18 Spur to Grubbs, 17 from Weldon to Tupelo, 42 south of Beedeville, and 18. Jackson County Roads flooded included 42, 43, 81, 211, and 315. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Centerville | $110,000 | Flash flooding caused damage to numerous county roads. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Centerville | $50,000 | Most county roads were under water, but none were closed. |
| December 2013 | Flood | Centerville | $10,000 | Arkansas 145 was closed due to flooding. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Centerville | - | The Black River at Black Rock was more than 8 feet above flood stage. This caused flooding downstream in Jackson County with more than 20 thousand acres of row crop farmland flooded. Perhaps as many as 5,000 acres of newly planted soybeans, at a cost of more than $50 per acre, were lost. Damages could be counted at double that value due to re-plant costs. |
| June 2009 | Flood | Centerville | - | High river levels along the Black River caused delays in planting and destruction of planted crops. Significant impacts occurred in May and the event was ending in early June. |
| October 2009 | Flood | Centerville | - | Flash flooding which began early on the morning of the 30th became widespread areal flooding later in the day. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenyon | 1.3 miles | 10 | |
| Vance | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Elgin | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Swifton | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Tuckerman | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Amith Addition | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Campbell Station | 10.0 miles | 11 | |
| Tuscany (historical) | 10.0 miles | 10 |
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 Q5060094 | 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 57534. 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.