Durham, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Durham Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72727. It stands on Snake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Durham quadrangle.
On record in Durham
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 1 record
Durham Schoollisted 1992
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1943 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1946 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Durham quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Fly Gap Mountain quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
24 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Durham between 1998 and 2017, burning about 192 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 June 2012 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 April 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Durham in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Hail | Durham | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Durham | $15,000 | no account filed |
| November 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durham | $2,000 | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees and power poles. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durham | $100 | Thunderstorm winds blew a few trees down. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durham | - | Large tree limbs were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Durham | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew several trees down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hicks | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Sulphur City | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Elkins | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Olive | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Carter (historical) | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Arnett | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| McGuire (historical) | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Black Oak | 5.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57688. 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.
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.








