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Centerville, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Centerville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72834. The Survey maps it on the Ola quadrangle. 283 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 344 feet above sea level.

Centerville within Yell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

36 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Centerville between 1998 and 2018, burning about 503 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Smoking7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2012Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yell County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Centerville: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay. 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
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unk Gravel Pits 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Yell County

Storms near this place

20 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Centerville in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 9 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2013Thunderstorm WindCenterville$15,000Power lines were blown down around Centerville, knocking out power to about 1,000 electric customers.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindCenterville$15,000Several trees and power lines were blown down along Arkansas Highway 154.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindCenterville-Numerous trees blown down in the town of Centerville along with some minor exterior damage to structures, mostly shingles and outbuilding debris.
April 2017HailCenterville-This was an MPing report.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCenterville-Trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindCenterville-The roofs of several buildings sustained damage and some power lines were also downed.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCenterville-Power lines blown down.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindCenterville-A weather observer reported trees and power lines down at Centerville.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindCenterville-Thunderstorm winds knocked down some large tree limbs.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindCenterville-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and damaged some farm equipment.
April 2002HailCenterville-no account filed
May 2001HailCenterville-no account filed
November 2001HailCenterville-no account filed
February 2000HailCenterville-no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindCenterville-no account filed
February 1999Thunderstorm WindCenterville-no account filed
June 1998HailCenterville-no account filed
May 1996HailCenterville-no account filed
May 1996HailCenterville-no account filed
May 1996HailCenterville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yell 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
Petit Jean1.7 miles18
Ard2.5 miles21
Prosperity3.0 miles21
Pisgah3.8 miles21
Mount George3.9 miles18
New Neely4.6 miles18
Elberta4.7 miles21
Old Neely4.7 miles19

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 CentervilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5060117The 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 57535. 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.