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Ellisville, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Township 3. It lies in ZIP code area 71742. It stands on Anna Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tinsman quadrangle.

Ellisville within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

27 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Ellisville between 2002 and 2019, burning about 3,256 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
29 September 2003Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,070 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionGRIMMETT
17 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2007Debris and open burning40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2006Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ellisville: 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown SandpitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ellisville in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2019: 1 flash flood, 1 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
October 2019Thunderstorm WindEllisville-A tree was downed on County Road 85 East.
June 2018Flash FloodEllisville-Flash flooding occurred on U.S. Hwy 167 east of Woodberry, along with several county roads under water.

Every storm recorded in Calhoun 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
Levit (historical)1.2 miles12
Lindale (historical)2.9 miles12
Watson3.8 miles12
Big Hill3.9 miles12
Tinsman4.9 miles12
Ebenezer5.0 miles12
Elberta (historical)5.1 miles12
Chambersville5.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 69989. 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.