BlockClifty, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in North Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72756. The Survey maps it on the Hindsville quadrangle. It stands 1,414 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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.
- 1900 USGS Eureka Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Eureka Springs quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hindsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
50 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Clifty between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,999 acres in total. None started naturally. 24 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 | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2012 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 August 1998 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 April 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 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 Clifty: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
35 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clifty in 35 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 17 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 4 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Clifty | $250,000 | A tornado developed northwest of Clifty, where it severely damaged three chicken houses and damaged a home. It moved east-northeast damaging an additional chicken house, several homes, and snapped trees along Highway 127. The tornado then damaged a mobile home, another chicken house, and trees as it crossed Highway 23. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 95 to 105 mph. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Clifty | $75,000 | This is the second segment of a two-segment tornado. The tornado moved northeast into northern Madison County, crossing County Road 8315, where numerous trees were uprooted and snapped. The tornado continued northeast crossing Highway 127 north of Clifty, where it damaged outbuildings, downed power lines, uprooted trees and snapped some large trunks. The tornado crossed Highway 23 south of the Carroll County line, where it further uprooted trees before dissipating just east of the highway. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 100 to 110 mph. |
| December 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifty | $50,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds rolled over and destroyed a mobile home and destroyed a barn on Highway 23. |
| March 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Clifty | $25,000 | A second tornado developed west of Highway 23 to the south of the dissipating tornado northeast of Clifty. A home was damaged, a barn was destroyed, and large tree limbs were snapped by this tornado. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 75 to 85 mph. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifty | $5,000 | Severe thunderstorms moved across northwest Arkansas during the late evening of May 23rd and the very early morning of May 24th. Strong thunderstorm winds destroyed an office trailer at a construction site in Fayetteville, and the windows were blown out of a 40- by 60-foot metal building in the same location. Some long, half-ton pipes at the construction site were rolled over 100 feet by the wind through a chain-link fence. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 to 70 miles an hour in Eureka Springs, and a barn framing was destroyed by strong winds in Clifty. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifty | $2,000 | Winds toppled a large tree north of Clifty into a large power line, knocking out power to about 4,500 electric customers. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifty | $500 | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifty | $200 | Trees were blown down onto AR Hwy 127. |
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifty | $100 | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Clifty | $100 | An F0 tornado briefly touched down five miles north northwest of Clifty near the Carroll and Madison county line. Only tree damage was reported. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifty | $100 | Thunderstorms winds blew down a few trees. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifty | $100 | Several large tree limbs were blown down. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifty | $100 | A few large tree limbs were blown down in Clifty. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifty | - | Strong thunderstorm wind uprooted trees and snapped numerous large tree limbs within a broad swath. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifty | - | Trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifty | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down two large trees and numerous large limbs. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Clifty | - | Approximately four to five inches of rain resulted in road closures in and around Clifty. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifty | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a few trees. The trees blocked roads. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifty | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down large trees. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifty | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down trees. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifty | - | Severe thunderstorms moved across northwest Arkansas during the evening of May 26th. Strong thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a warehouse in an industrial area on the south side of Berryville, and other roof damage also occurred in this area. 2 large trees were also blown down in Berryville. A semi was blown off the road 2 miles north northeast of Elkins, and trees were blown down 7 miles southeast of Strickler and 5 miles southeast of Strickler. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 miles an hour in Clifty, and dime size hail fell at Metalton. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Clifty | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and power lines. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Clifty | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clifty | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Clifty | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Clifty | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Clifty | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Clifty | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Clifty | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Clifty | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Clifty | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Clifty | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Clifty | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Clifty | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Clifty | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Liberty | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Rock | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Forum | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Rockhouse | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Hindsville | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Hartwell | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Alabam | 8.4 miles | 14 | |
| Whitener | 8.5 miles | 14 |
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 Clifty | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5133363 | 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 57556. 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.