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Culpepper, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Culpepper Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72031. The Survey maps it on the Scotland quadrangle.

Culpepper within Van Buren County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

98 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Culpepper between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,338 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 31 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/incendiarism31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Debris and open burning26
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Van Buren County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

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

Every working recorded in Van Buren County

Storms near this place

6 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Culpepper in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2017: 6 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCulpepper$10,000Large trees were down in Culpepper.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindCulpepper$5,000Trees were blown down on Arkansas Highway 336 near Culpepper.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindCulpepper-A tree was blown down on the ground.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindCulpepper-Limbs were blown down in this area.
September 2006Thunderstorm WindCulpepper-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindCulpepper-Several trees were blown down.

Every storm recorded in Van Buren 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
Butter Creek (historical)2.8 miles15
Formosa3.7 miles16
Walnut Grove3.8 miles15
Pine Mountain (historical)4.0 miles15
Choctaw4.1 miles15
Shake Rag (historical)4.1 miles15
Buzzard Roost (historical)4.1 miles15
Scotland5.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76729. 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.