Chismville, Arkansas
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Washburn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72943. It lies near Fox Valley. The Survey maps it on the Booneville quadrangle. It stands 499 feet above sea level.
On record in Chismville
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Dr. Stephen N. Chism Houselisted 1994 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 22 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.
- 1887 USGS Magazine Mountain quadrangle1:125000
- 1887 USGS Magazine Mountain #3 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Magazine Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1934 USGS Booneville quadrangle1:48000
- 1934 USGS Booneville quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Booneville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Booneville quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
91 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Chismville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 734 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 5 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 | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 17 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 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 Chismville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixie Stone Co | Flagstone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chismville in 7 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 2012 | Hail | Chismville | - | Quarter to half dollar size hail fell. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chismville | - | Several large tree limbs were knocked down. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chismville | - | Thunderstorm winds downed a number of trees in Chismville and surrounding areas. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Chismville | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chismville | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chismville | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Chismville | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownsville | 1.5 miles | 22 | |
| Cauthron | 5.0 miles | 22 | |
| Booneville | 5.4 miles | 22 | |
| Glendale | 5.7 miles | 23 | |
| Ratcliff | 7.0 miles | 19 | |
| Caulksville | 7.1 miles | 19 | |
| Magazine | 8.4 miles | 22 | |
| Barber | 8.6 miles | 23 |
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 Chismville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5102133 | 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 56959. 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.












