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Duff, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Tomahawk Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72675. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saint Joe quadrangle.

Duff within Searcy County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 16 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

175 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Duff between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,244 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 70 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/incendiarism70
Missing data/not specified/undetermined59
Debris and open burning29
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

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
27 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2000Smokingunder an acreBuffalo National RiverDUFFER
20 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBuffalo National RiverSAPLING
31 July 1995Smokingunder an acreBuffalo National RiverNORTHSIDE
24 July 2011Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresBuffalo National RiverHANGOVER BLUFF
18 June 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBuffalo National RiverBUCKET FIR
6 May 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBuffalo National RiverUNDERGROUND WF
5 May 2014Debris and open burning25 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionSEA27311610

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Searcy County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Duff: 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Zinc. 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
Buffalo River Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
CopperCopper, ZincProspect
Lucky Dog MineLeadUnknown
Uncle Sam ProsplectLead, ZincOccurrence
Big HurricaneZincPast Producer
Davy CrockettZincPast Producer
Roaring HollowZincUnknown

Every working recorded in Searcy County

Storms near this place

7 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Duff in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 4 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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
April 2011FloodDuff$50,000no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindDuff$1,000Shingles were blown off of a roof and tree limbs were broken.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindDuff-Trees, large tree limbs, and power lines were downed in the town of Duff.
March 2023FloodDuff-Heavy rain brought flooding to the Buffalo River at St. Joe in late March.
April 2021FloodDuff-Heavy rain brought flooding to the Buffalo River at St. Joe at the end of April.
April 2017FloodDuff-Flooding was noted on the Buffalo River at St. Joe after heavy rain fell. The flooding began and ended on 4/30/17.
April 2011Funnel CloudDuff-A funnel cloud was sighted near Duff.

Every storm recorded in Searcy 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
Push1.1 miles16
Silver Hill2.3 miles17
Gilbert2.6 miles17
Saint Joe3.0 miles16
Zeb (historical)4.3 miles19
Buroak4.6 miles19
Tomahawk5.1 miles17
Baker Hollow5.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 62145. 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.