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Enterprise, Arkansas

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Township 4. It lies in ZIP code area 72916. It lies near White Bluff Mountain. The Survey maps it on the South Fort Smith quadrangle.

Enterprise within Sebastian County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 25 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

41 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Enterprise between 1993 and 2019, burning about 573 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined16
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Natural1

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
28 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
15 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2001Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sebastian 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 Enterprise: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Aggregate, Light Weight. 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
Rescolite CompanyAggregate, Light WeightPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sebastian County

Storms near this place

8 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Enterprise in 8 storm reports between 2012 and 2026: 4 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
May 2025Tornado (EF1)Enterprise$1,500,000This is the second segment of a two segment tornado. The tornado moved into Sebastian County west of Bonanza and moved northeast toward White Bluff. It was weak between Highway 112, across the north side of Bonanza, to just west of Highway 71, with mostly small trees uprooted and large tree limbs snapped in that segment of the path. It strengthened as it approached Highway 71, where trees were uprooted or snapped. The tornado then moved across Fort Chaffee, where 40 buildings were damaged, and trees were snapped or uprooted, and then turned east-northeast, dissipating before crossing Highway 22. It produced a tornadic debris signature from the KSRX WSR-88D. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in this segment of the tornado was 100 to 110 mph.
April 2026HailEnterprise$30,000Large hail up to two inches in diameter damaged homes and vehicles.
March 2018Tornado (EF0)Enterprise$20,000This tornado damaged or destroyed several barns and snapped numerous large tree limbs as it moved east-northeast within the Cedar Creek valley, north of Highway 45. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 75 to 85 mph.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindEnterprise$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged a garage door at an auto service station.
May 2025HailEnterprise-Quarter size hail was reported in Bonanza.
April 2021HailEnterprise-Quarter size hail was reported in Bonanza.
July 2021Flash FloodEnterprise-Portions of Highway 45 were flooded north of Bonanza.
April 2026HailEnterprise-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sebastian 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
Bonanza1.8 miles23
White Bluff2.7 miles25
Saw Mill2.8 miles25
Cavanaugh3.2 miles25
Bashe3.3 miles25
Buell3.6 miles25
Crescent3.8 miles25
Jenson4.7 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57726. 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.