Curtis, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Caddo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71743. It stands on Waggle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Curtis quadrangle. It stands 239 feet above sea level.
On record in Curtis
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 3 records
Arkansas 51, Old, Curtis to Gum Springslisted 2004
US 67 Rest Area, Oldlisted 2006- Highway A-2 Bridgeslisted 2026
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1901 USGS Gurdon quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Curtis quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Gurdon quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Hope quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
112 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Curtis between 1997 and 2020, burning about 963 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 15 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 | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 177 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | CLA2285712 |
| 25 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2020 | 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
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Curtis: 3 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Hardin Lavenrne S & G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Mine Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| R Morris | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Curtis in 13 storm reports between 1994 and 2018: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | $50,000 | Numerous trees were knocked down. |
| June 2008 | Lightning | Curtis | $20,000 | Lightning set fire to a barn. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | - | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Curtis | - | Water was reported over Central Road. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | - | Trees down. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | - | Thunderstorm winds downed some large tree limbs. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Curtis | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Curtis | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midway | 1.1 miles | 9 | |
| Richwoods | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Smithton (historical) | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Smithton | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Gum Springs | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Gurdon | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Keyton (historical) | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| Red Springs | 6.9 miles | 17 |
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 Curtis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5195652 | 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 57620. 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.








